grievance vs whine

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. 

whine

noun
  • A complaint or criticism. 

  • A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound. 

verb
  • To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine. 

  • To move with a whining sound. 

  • To make a sound resembling such a cry. 

  • To utter a high-pitched cry. 

  • To utter with the sound of a whine. 

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