Trouble vs Objection - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between trouble and objection

is that trouble is a distressful or dangerous situation while objection is the act of objecting.

As a verb trouble

is to disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).

trouble

English

Noun

(en noun)

A distressful or dangerous situation.

A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.

* (John Milton)

Lest the fiend some new trouble raise.

* (William Shakespeare)

Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds / Do breed unnatural troubles .

A violent occurrence or event.

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Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.

* Bryant

She never took the trouble to close them.

*1881 , :

*:Indeed, by the report of our elders, this nervous preparation for old age is only trouble thrown away.

A malfunction.

Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.

(mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.

Usage notes

* Verbs often used with "trouble": make, spell, stir up, ask for, etc.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* ask for trouble * distrouble * double trouble * engine trouble * get into trouble * in trouble * teething troubles * trouble and strife * troubled * trouble-free * trouble in paradise * troublemaker/trouble maker * troubler * The Troubles * troubleshoot * troubleshooter * troubleshooting * troublesome * trouble spot

Verb

(troubl)

To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).

* Bible, John v. 4

An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water.

* Milton

God looking forth will trouble all his host.

To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.

* Bible, John xii. 27

Now is my soul troubled .

* Shakespeare

Take the boy to you; he so troubles me / 'Tis past enduring.

* John Locke

Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure.

In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.

Question 3 in the test is troubling me.

I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

To take pains to do something.

* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.26:

Why trouble about the future? It is wholly uncertain.

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objection

English

Noun

(en noun)

The act of objecting.

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A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to ).

(legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.

Usage notes

* Adjectives often used with "objection": serious, conscientious, fatal, grave, etc. * Verbs often used with "objection": raise, make, meet, answer, etc.