Complacence vs Complain - What's the difference?
complacence | complain |
(archaic) Being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.
* Atterbury
(obsolete) Pleasure, delight.
* Milton
(obsolete) Complaisance; a willingness to comply with others' wishes.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, pp. 33-4:
To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
* Milton
To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
* Shakespeare
To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
As a noun complacence
is (archaic) being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.As a verb complain is
to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.complacence
English
Noun
(-)- The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously.
- O thou, my sole complacence .
- He told his sister, if she pleased, the new-born infant should be bred up together with little Tommy; to which she consented, though with some little reluctance: for she had truly a great complacence for her brother [...].
Synonyms
* self-complacency * self-satisfactioncomplain
English
Verb
(en verb)- Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours.
- O loss of sight, of thee I most complain !
- They've complained about me to the police again.
- Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?
- the complaining bed-springs