Issue
Issue noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: one of the issues of the Civil War was a resolution to the question of states' rights
Product is a synonym for issue in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Product" instead a noun "Issue", when it comes to topics like effect.
Product
Product noun - Something produced by physical or intellectual effort.
Usage example: a rebuilt car which is the product of several people's labor
Issue is a synonym for product in result topic. You can use "Issue" instead a noun "Product", if it concerns topics such as effect, result or goods created.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| particular | particular issue | particular product |
| similar | similar issue | similar product |
| specific | specific issue | specific product |
| certain | certain issue | certain product |
| Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, actual, real, main, famous, new, early, major, given, possible, final, next, last, latest, different, medical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Unlike a commercial, where such a hard sell is expected, the Product Promotion Parade occurs in the body of the story/episode/issue itself.
Source: Product Promotion Parade -
There are many food commercials that sidestep the "you have to pay for this product" issue, leading one to wonder why it isn't just handed out to the hungry people of the world.
Source: Reed Richards Is Useless - The series also mentions the (branded) hair product Brylcreem (in a conversation between the doctor and his young son); Henley cigarettes are also mentioned, but (unlike the three drinks and the Brylcreem) that brand no longer exists, "product placement" is probably not an issue.
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Product and Issue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/product
Issue & Product. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/product>.
Product or Issue. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/product.
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