Concern vs. Complaint
Concernnoun
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before the matter of interest is usually over, about or for.
Concernnoun
The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
Concernnoun
A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
Concernnoun
(programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
Concernverb
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
Concernverb
(transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
Concernverb
(transitive) To make somebody worried.
Concernverb
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
Concernverb
To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
Concernverb
To be of importance.
Concernnoun
That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.
Concernnoun
That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.
Concernnoun
Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.
Concernnoun
Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern.
Concernnoun
something that interests you because it is important or affects you;
Concernnoun
an anxious feeling;
Concernnoun
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;
Concernnoun
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness;
Concernnoun
a feeling of sympathy for someone or something;
Concernverb
have to do with or be relevant to;
Concernverb
be on the mind of;
Concernverb
relate to; be about
Concernverb
be relevant or important to; affect or involve
Concernverb
interest or involve oneself in
Concernverb
have a specific connection with or responsibility for
Concernverb
regard it as important to do something
Concernverb
make (someone) anxious or worried
Concernnoun
anxiety; worry
Concernnoun
a cause of anxiety or worry
Concernnoun
a matter of interest or importance to someone
Concernnoun
a business
Concernnoun
a complicated or awkward object.
Complaintnoun
A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
Complaintnoun
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based; The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
Complaintnoun
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate. However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
Complaintnoun
A consumer complaint.
Complaintnoun
A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
Complaintnoun
Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
Complaintnoun
Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
Complaintnoun
An ailment or disease of the body.
Complaintnoun
A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.
Complaintnoun
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Complaintnoun
(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
Complaintnoun
an expression of grievance or resentment
Complaintnoun
(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaintnoun
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
Complaint
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles the plaintiff(s) to a remedy (either money damages or injunctive relief). For example, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that govern civil litigation in United States courts provide that a civil action is commenced with the filing or service of a pleading called a complaint.
