Concern and Issue

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Concern noun - A commercial or industrial activity or organization.

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Issue is a synonym for concern in affair topic. In some cases you can use "Issue" instead a noun "Concern", when it comes to topics like problem.

Issue noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Concern is a synonym for issue in matter topic. Sometimes you can use "Concern" instead a noun "Issue", if it concerns topics such as point, problem, topic, point in question.

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

special	special concern	special issue
particular	particular concern	particular issue
single	single concern	single issue
obvious	obvious concern	obvious issue
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, big, serious, huge, little, main, social, important, personal, moral, major, political, minor, primary, last, recurring, previous, bigger, biggest.

This wasn't really brought up as much of an issue or point of concern within the book.

Source: Shoot The Shaggy Dog / Literature
Professor Layton spends his first game solving an inheritance issue (and lots and lots of puzzles) without any thought for reward or concern for expense.

Source: Gentleman Adventurer
The reason given is to make it harder to take images surreptitiously—aside from the Panty Shot issue, a legitimate concern involving a device carried by military, government and business officials.

Source: The Coconut Effect

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