Issue and Incident

Issue

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

Incident and issue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incident" instead a noun "Issue".

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

Incident

Incident noun - Something that happens.

Issue and incident are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Issue" instead a noun "Incident".

How words are described

particular particular issue particular incident
similar similar issue similar incident
certain certain issue certain incident
original original issue original incident
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, big, serious, little, infamous, famous, early, major, minor, later, last, different, recent, earlier, previous, aforementioned.
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