Grievance vs Petition - What's the difference?
grievance | petition |
(countable) Something which causes grief.
A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
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, 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.
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
(legal) A formal written request for judicial action.
A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
* Bible, 1. Macc. vii. 37
As nouns the difference between grievance and petition
is that grievance is something which causes grief while petition is a formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.As a verb petition is
to make a request, commonly in written form.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.}}
petition
English
(wikipedia petition)Noun
(en noun)- A house of prayer and petition for thy people.