Item
Item noun - A separate part in a list, account, or series.
Sticking point and item are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Sticking point" with "Item", this terms are similar.
Sticking point
Sticking point noun - A point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal.
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Item and sticking point are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Item" instead a noun phrase "Sticking point".
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- The detailed inventory of the victim's painting kit is the sticking point — the reader is never explicitly told what Wimsey noticed about it that gave him the information he needed to identify the murderer, but the list of what is there is missing an item that should be there.
Source: Clueless Mystery
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