complaint vs lamentation

complaint and lamentation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
complaint	Yes	No	No	No
lamentation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lamentation is a hyponym of complaint; that is, lamentation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than complaint:

complaint: (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
lamentation: a cry of sorrow and grief

Other hyponyms of complaint include exclamation, lament, plaint, wail.

complaint (noun)	lamentation (noun)
an expression of grievance or resentment	the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow	a cry of sorrow and grief
(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

complaint vs lamentation

complaint and lamentation both are nouns.

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