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Complaint vs Discontent - What's the difference?

complaint | discontent |

As nouns the difference between complaint and discontent

is that complaint is a grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining while discontent is dissatisfaction.

As a verb discontent is

to deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

As an adjective discontent is

not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

complaint

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
  • I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.
  • (legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
    The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
  • (legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
    However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
  • A consumer complaint.
  • A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
  • Don't come too close, I've got this nasty complaint .

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    discontent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Dissatisfaction.
  • A longing for better times or circumstances.
  • * "Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York" Richard III, Act 1, Scene I Shakespeare
  • A discontented person. (see also malcontent ).
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
  • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * Bunyan
  • Passion seemed to be much discontent , but Patience was very quiet.