Pothole vs Problem - What's the difference?
pothole | problem |
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
* The earliest ideas on the creation of potholes''' are that they were associated with "moulins de glacier" (glacier mills) formed where surface streams on glaciers and ice sheets fall into holes in the ice. Water entering these surficial holes was believed to impact on the bedrock beneath creating a large '''pothole'''. The "Moulin Hypothesis", first suggested in 1874, continued to be accepted by many authors until the 1950s. However, commencing in the 1930s, other authors have suggested dissatisfaction with the moulin hypothesis, largely on the grounds that it failed to explain how ice could remain stable long enough for the "giant" '''potholes''' to form and why many '''potholes (like those at Rockwood) were present in large numbers. Grand River Conservation Authority (Canada) Newsletter of May-June 2002.
(geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.
(archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure hunters or vandals.
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
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A puzzling circumstance.
Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
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As nouns the difference between pothole and problem
is that pothole is a shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic or pothole can be (archaeology) a pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure hunters or vandals while problem is a difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.As an adjective problem is
difficult to train or guide; unruly.pothole
English
Etymology 1
c 1826, from (etyl) + (hole)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (large pit in the bed of a stream) giant kettleDerived terms
* potholingSee also
* sinkholeEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* English words with consonant pseudo-digraphsproblem
English
(wikipedia problem)Alternative forms
* probleme (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)Nicole Vulser
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