Problem vs. Symptom

Problemnoun

A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

Problemnoun

A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

Problemnoun

A puzzling circumstance.

Problemadjective

(of a person or an animal) Difficult to train or guide; unruly.

Problemadjective

Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.

Problemnoun

A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt.

Problemnoun

Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.

Problemnoun

a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved;

Problemnoun

a source of difficulty;

Problemnoun

a question raised for consideration or solution;

Problemnoun

a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome

Problemnoun

a thing that is difficult to achieve

Problemnoun

denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others

Problemnoun

an inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law.

Problemnoun

a proposition in which something has to be constructed.

Problemnoun

(in chess) an arrangement of pieces in which the solver has to achieve a specified result.

Symptomnoun

(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.

Symptomnoun

(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

Symptomnoun

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.

Symptomnoun

A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

Symptomnoun

(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

Symptomnoun

anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence