grievance vs grouch

grievance

noun
  • A complaint or annoyance. 

  • A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace. 

  • Feelings of being wronged; outrage. 

  • A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint. 

  • Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior. 

  • Something which causes grief. 

grouch

noun
  • A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. 

  • One who is grumpy or irritable. 

verb
  • To be grumpy or irritable; to complain. 

How often have the words grievance and grouch occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )