Maunder vs Complain - What's the difference?
maunder | complain |
To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.
* Sir Walter Scott
* 1834 , , v. 3, ch. V:
* 1871 , , ch. IV:
* 1889 , , ch. XVII:
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To wander or walk aimlessly.
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 verbs the difference between maunder and complain
is that maunder is to speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle while complain is to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.As a noun maunder
is (obsolete) a beggar.maunder
English
Verb
(en verb)- He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils.
- "Not so fast, Lady Cecilia; not yet;" and now Louisa went on with a medical maundering . "As to low spirits, my dear Cecilia, I must say I agree with Sir Sib Pennyfeather, who tells me it is not mere common low spirits "
- On the following day my friend's exhaustion had become so great that I began to fear his intelligence altogether broken up. But toward evening he briefly rallied, to maunder about many things, confounding in a sinister jumble the memories of the past weeks and those of bygone years.
- "What are you maundering about? He's going out from here a free man and whole—he's not going to die."
Synonyms
* (speak in a disorganized manner): babble, prattle, ramble * (to walk aimlessly): ramble, wanderReferences
* 1827 , : *: 2. To wander about in a thoughtful manner; to talk confusedly; [perhaps from the Gael. mandagh'', a stutterer.] A northern word. It is written both ''maunder'' and ''mander .Anagrams
* * * *complain
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