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What is the difference between matter and problem ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between matter and problem ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Matter and problem and slightly the same but it the context that makes it different.
Matter being used for something that's wrong.
Problem is used for a situation that's has to be dealt with or something to overcome.
"What's the matter"(what's wrong)
"What's the problem here" (what's the bad situation happening here)
- English (US)
A matter is a situation that you or someone else is thinking about. It is not always a problem, but it can be one.
Sentences where matter is not the same as problem:
I turned off the television so I could focus on the matter at hand: studying.
Studying isn't a problem, but if you want to get good grades, it is something you would think about and consider doing. In this sentence, I turn off the television because I am thinking about studying and need to focus on it.
It's no laughing matter.
You will hear this phrase a lot in American television. Here, it is saying that someone should not laugh at a particular situation. The speaker is saying that the topic they're talking about is an important consideration to them and they don't want people to make fun of them for it.
Sentences where matter and problem mean the same thing:
The President of South Korea is responsible for resolving political matters.
In this sentence, matters is less specific than the word problems, but it has the same implication. The President of South Korea is responsible for fixing the problems of his country.
What's the matter?
You will also hear this phrase a lot. In some situations, replacing the word matter with problem will make you seem more aggressive, but the phrase basically means "What is the problem?" or "What is the situation?"
- Korean
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