Troubling vs. Trouble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Troubling and Trouble
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Definitions
Troubling
A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need
Tried to console them in their trouble.
Got in trouble with the police.
Trouble
Difficulty or problems
Friends should support each other when they are in trouble
I had trouble finding somewhere to park
Our troubles are just beginning
The government's policies ran into trouble
Troubling
A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation
I've had troubles ever since I took this job.
Trouble
Public unrest or disorder
There was crowd trouble before and during the match
Troubling
A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty
The new recruits were a trouble to him.
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Trouble
Cause distress or anxiety to
He was not troubled by doubts
Troubling
Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome
Went to a lot of trouble to find this book.
Trouble
A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need
Tried to console them in their trouble.
Got in trouble with the police.
Troubling
A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction
Heart trouble.
Car trouble.
Trouble
A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation
I've had troubles ever since I took this job.
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Troubling
Public unrest or disorder.
Trouble
A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty
The new recruits were a trouble to him.
Troubling
An instance of this; a disturbance.
Trouble
Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome
Went to a lot of trouble to find this book.
Troubling
Troubles Any of various conflicts or rebellions in Ireland or Northern Ireland, especially the period of social unrest in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969.
Trouble
A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction
Heart trouble.
Car trouble.
Troubling
To afflict with pain or discomfort
My stomach is troubling me.
Trouble
Public unrest or disorder.
Troubling
To cause to be anxious or worried
Was troubled by the decline in sales.
Trouble
An instance of this; a disturbance.
Troubling
To cause to have emotional or mental problems that interfere with social functioning
A teenager who is troubled and needs help.
Trouble
Troubles Any of various conflicts or rebellions in Ireland or Northern Ireland, especially the period of social unrest in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969.
Troubling
To inconvenience; bother
May I trouble you for directions?.
Trouble
To afflict with pain or discomfort
My stomach is troubling me.
Troubling
To agitate; stir up
Winds troubling the waters.
Trouble
To cause to be anxious or worried
Was troubled by the decline in sales.
Troubling
To take pains
They trouble over every detail.
Trouble
To cause to have emotional or mental problems that interfere with social functioning
A teenager who is troubled and needs help.
Troubling
Distressing, worrying
Trouble
To inconvenience; bother
May I trouble you for directions?.
Troubling
Present participle of trouble
Trouble
To agitate; stir up
Winds troubling the waters.
Troubling
The infliction of trouble or distress.
Trouble
To take pains
They trouble over every detail.
Troubling
Causing distress or worry or anxiety;
Distressing (or disturbing) news
Lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
A disturbing amount of crime
A revelation that was most perturbing
A new and troubling thought
In a particularly worrisome predicament
A worrying situation
A worrying time
Trouble
A distressing or dangerous situation.
He was in trouble when the rain started.
Trouble
A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
The trouble was a leaking brake line.
The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
Trouble
A violent occurrence or event.
The troubles in Northern Ireland
Trouble
Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
It's no trouble for me to edit it.
Trouble
A malfunction.
He's been in hospital with some heart trouble.
My old car has engine trouble.
Trouble
Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
He had some trouble with the law.
Trouble
(mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
Trouble
(Cockney rhyming slang) Wife. trouble and strife
Trouble
To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
Trouble
(transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
What she said about narcissism is troubling me.
Trouble
(transitive) In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
Trouble
To take pains to do something.
I won't trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.
Trouble
(intransitive) To worry; to be anxious.
Trouble
To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water.
God looking forth will trouble all his host.
Trouble
To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Now is my soul troubled.
Take the boy to you; he so troubles me'T is past enduring.
Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure.
Trouble
To give occasion for labor to; - used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
Trouble
Troubled; dark; gloomy.
Trouble
The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise.
Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deedsDo breed unnatural troubles.
Trouble
That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
Trouble
A fault or interruption in a stratum.
She never took the trouble to close them.
Trouble
A source of difficulty;
One trouble after another delayed the job
What's the problem?
Trouble
An angry disturbance;
He didn't want to make a fuss
They had labor trouble
A spot of bother
Trouble
An event causing distress or pain;
What is the trouble?
Heart trouble
Trouble
An effort that is inconvenient;
I went to a lot of trouble
He won without any trouble
Had difficulty walking
Finished the test only with great difficulty
Trouble
A strong feeling of anxiety;
His worry over the prospect of being fired
It is not work but worry that kills
He wanted to die and end his troubles
Trouble
An unwanted pregnancy;
He got several girls in trouble
Trouble
Move deeply;
This book upset me
A troubling thought
Trouble
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to;
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Trouble
Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Trouble
Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself;
He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
Don't bother, please
Trouble
Cause bodily suffering to
