grievance vs quibble

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. 

quibble

noun
  • An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. 

verb
  • To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner. 

  • To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner. 

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