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15 January
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What is the difference between complaint and complaining and since both words are noun and have same meanings, which one use commonly for daily life? Thanks! ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between complaint and complaining and since both words are noun and have same meanings, which one use commonly for daily life? Thanks! ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
noun: complaint
= I handed in my written complaint to the teacher.
= I voiced my complaint to the my manager.
= I intend to make an official complaint.
verb: complain; complaining
1) express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.
= Local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources"
2) state that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness).
= My father started to complain of headaches.
= My brother was complaining that he didn't get to play soccer today.
= I complained to my mother that I didn't want to wear those shoes again.
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- English (US)
Complaint is a more singular incident.
“He filed a complaint with his company”
It also has a legal meaning in America.
Complaining as a noun is more ... general grievances (or referring to the act of complaining)
“his complaining got him in trouble with his company”
implies that he regularly expresses dissatisfaction about a number of things
the sentence “his complaint got him in trouble with the company” would imply that he had one specific issue or he filed someone formally.
((you would typically use complaining as a verb though
“he is constantly complaining about his coworkers” ))
- English (US)
noun: complaint
= I handed in my written complaint to the teacher.
= I voiced my complaint to the my manager.
= I intend to make an official complaint.
verb: complain; complaining
1) express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.
= Local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources"
2) state that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness).
= My father started to complain of headaches.
= My brother was complaining that he didn't get to play soccer today.
= I complained to my mother that I didn't want to wear those shoes again.
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- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
A complaint refers to the situation that is being complained about.
Complaining as a noun is refers to the act of expressing dissatisfaction.
It is also to know that "to complain" (verb) and "(the) complaining" (noun) are two separate things. So "I am complaining" is the present progressive form of the verb, while "there is the complaining" is the noun.
complaint-
The man had a complaint about the food. (complaints about the ~situation~)
She gave a complaint about how loud the kids were.
There were many complaints about the broken streetlight outside.
The teacher didn't like his complaint. (Teacher didn't like the situation he was complaining about or the fact he had a complaint)
complaining-
There was so much complaining from the children on the bus. (here it's not about a situation but more referring to the kids expressing complaint).
The teacher didn't like his complaining. ( Teacher didn't like his ~expression~ of dissatisfaction or complaints)
Hopefully, this helps, it is definitely a really tricky concept now that I'm thinking about it but if you need any more clarification I can always try to help more! Good luck!
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