Discontent vs Grievance - What's the difference?
discontent | grievance |
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 ).
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
* Bunyan
(countable) Something which causes grief.
A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
*{{quote-book, year=2006, author=
, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 A complaint or annoyance.
A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.
* If you want the problem fixed, you'll have to file a grievance with the city.
As nouns the difference between discontent and grievance
is that discontent is dissatisfaction while grievance is something which causes grief.As a verb discontent
is to deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.As an adjective discontent
is not content; discontented; dissatisfied.discontent
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Jeremy Taylor)
- Passion seemed to be much discontent , but Patience was very quiet.
grievance
English
(wikipedia grievance)Alternative forms
* grievaunce (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Wayne Rooney spent much of the game remonstrating with Oliver about his own grievances and, in the interest of balance, there were certainly occasions when United had legitimate complaints.
citation, passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}