Issue vs. Theme — What's the Difference?

A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute

A topic of discourse or discussion.

A matter of public concern

A subject of artistic representation.

A misgiving, objection, or complaint

An implicit or recurrent idea; a motif

A problem or difficulty.

A short composition assigned to a student as a writing exercise.

A personal problem

(Music) A recurring melodic element in a composition, especially a melody forming the basis of a set of variations.

The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by a business, government, or organization

See topic.

An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by a business, government, or organization.

A stem.

A single copy of a periodical

A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.

A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter.

A recurring idea; a motif.

Proceeds from estates or fines.

A concept with multiple instantiations.

Something proceeding from a specified source

Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (GUI) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.

A culminating point leading to a decision

(dated) An essay written for school.

A final result or conclusion, as a solution to a problem.

(music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.

The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out

A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.

A place of egress; an outlet

(grammar) The stem of a word.

A discharge, as of blood or pus.

(linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.

A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.

(linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.

Offspring; progeny

(linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.

To flow, go, or come out

A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

To proceed from a source; emerge or come forth

(transitive) To give a theme to.

The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:

To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly in abnormal amounts.

Discourse on a certain subject.

Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly:

A composition or essay required of a pupil.

The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue.

A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.

Offspring: one's natural child or children.

That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.

Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.

The leading subject of a composition or a movement.

A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.

The subject matter of a conversation or discussion;

The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties.

A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;

Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.

(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;

The entrails of a slaughtered animal.

An essay (especially one written as an assignment);

Any action or deed performed by a person.

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;

Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God.

Provide with a particular theme or motive;

A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.

The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.

The entire set of something; all of something.

(finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.

The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.

The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:

A sewer.

The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly:

An exit from a room or building.

A confluence: the mouth of a river; the outlet of a lake or other body of water.

The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:

A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.

The production or distribution of something for general use.

The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.

(finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.

Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:

A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.

Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.

A dispute between two alternatives, a dilemma.

A psychological or emotional difficulty, any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.

The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly:

The end of any action or process.

The end of any period of time.

The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:

The result of a discussion or negotiation, an agreement.

The result of an investigation or consideration, a conclusion.

The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.

The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.

To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.

To rush out, to sally forth.

To extend into, to open onto.

To turn out in a certain way, to result in.

(archaic) To end up as, to turn out being, to become as a result.

(legal) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.

To send out; to put into circulation.

To deliver for use.

To deliver by authority.

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.

The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.

That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.

Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.

Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.

A discharge of flux, as of blood.

An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.

The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.

A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide; a point of contention; a matter in controversy.

In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned.

To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.

To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.

To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.

To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.

To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.

To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.

To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.

In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.

To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.

To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.

To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.

An important question that is in dispute and must be settled;

One of a series published periodically;

The provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity);

Some situation or event that is thought about;

Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

The immediate descendants of a person;

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

The income arising from land or other property;

The becoming visible;

An opening that permits escape or release;

The act of issuing printed materials

Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale;

Circulate or distribute or equip with;

Bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

Come out of;

Make out and issue;