Kvetch vs. Complain — What's the Difference?

To complain persistently and whiningly.

To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

A chronic, whining complainer.

To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.

A nagging complaint

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.

(intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.

A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.

To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; - commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

(Yiddish) a constant complainer

To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

(Yiddish) a nagging complaint

To lament; to bewail.

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

Make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge;