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Complaint vs Denunciation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between complaint and denunciation

is that complaint is a grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining while denunciation is proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

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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    denunciation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
  • The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
  • That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.