Nuisance vs Grievance - What's the difference?
nuisance | grievance | Synonyms |
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
(countable) Something which causes grief.
A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
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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 nuisance and grievance
is that nuisance is a minor annoyance or inconvenience while grievance is something which causes grief.nuisance
English
Noun
(wikipedia nuisance) (en noun)- a public nuisance
Synonyms
* (minor annoyance or inconvenience) annoyance, inconvenience, offense * (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience) bother, obstacle, pestAntonyms
* (minor annoyance or inconvenience) enjoymentDerived terms
* nuisance tax ----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.}}