Suing vs Complain - What's the difference?
suing | complain |
The act of one who sues for something.
* Edward Bulwer Lytton
(obsolete) The process of soaking through anything.
* (Francis Bacon)
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 suing and complain
is that suing is present participle of lang=en while complain is to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.As a noun suing
is the act of one who sues for something.suing
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) .Noun
- In this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.
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