What's the difference between clamor and discontent?

Clamor


Definition:

  • (n.) A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  • (n.) Any loud and continued noise.
  • (n.) A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
  • (v. t.) To salute loudly.
  • (v. t.) To stun with noise.
  • (v. t.) To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
  • (v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So, too, does the law – one which Congressional Republicans, who routinely charge Obama with not enforcing immigration law, are now clamoring for him to ignore, and Obama remains just as eager to oblige them .
  • (2) Voters – even the liberal ones who helped Obama build a grassroots army – are clamoring for the finer points of a progressive candidacy.
  • (3) The "oral" clamor of deprivation and entitlement, together with dependency, submissiveness, and defensive uncertainty, serve a screening function for hostile aggressive wishes, from any developmental level.
  • (4) Get up, do something.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest A view to a thrill: supporters clamor to get close to the Donald.
  • (5) How long until there is a clamoring for a ground invasion in Iraq or Syria – or both – when the current strategy of airstrikes and a massive influx of arms inevitably fails?
  • (6) The purpose of the middle ear mechanism is no doubt the protection of the inner ear receptors (the amphibian and basilar papillae) from overstimulation by sounds, including the animal's own cries and the intense clamor produced by a group of frogs calling in chorus.
  • (7) Democrats clamor for credible Clinton challenger in wake of email revelations Read more Clinton, in her remarks before an adoring crowd of mostly women in New York, stuck with the usual.
  • (8) A Trumpist state could do much to soothe the crisis of capitalism: it could pour public dollars into discovering the next lucrative technology for the private sector while holding the line against the redistributive clamor of a rising millennial majority.
  • (9) There is a clear and present need for increased public clamor demanding carefully designed, risk-limiting human experiments (randomized clinical trials) to provide interpretable evidence of benefit and risks of innovations before these are adopted as desirable medical and social policy.
  • (10) On Saturday, a 24-year-old man died in CBSA custody in Edmonton, Alberta, in just the latest example of a system in need of repair, as activists clamor for independent oversight.
  • (11) From the the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the origins of the term “anchor babies” (used as “anchor children” to slur Vietnamese-American refugees – those immigrants that the GOP nowadays say came to this country the “right” way), to the present-day, birthright citizenship has always been a battlefield for politicians to try to deny citizenship to the latest non-whites clamoring to become American.
  • (12) Vicki Saporta, the president of the National Abortion Federation, a group of providers which clamored for the change, said on Wednesday that she was “delighted” by the change.
  • (13) There has been great clamor on this subject from many sources-the medical profession, the legal community, the legislatures, the judiciary, and the public.
  • (14) But he portrayed gun control as an issue on which Trump could “respond to a rally, which he also likes to do, and the rally is the American people, who are clamoring and demanding action”.
  • (15) To look at the polls, people are clamoring for what the Green Party is offering.
  • (16) One of the reasons the bill's progress has moved slowly is that most of farm country is enjoying a good agricultural economy, and farmers have not clamored for changes in policy.
  • (17) The purchasing and implementation of sophisticated medical data systems by hospitals, and the growing clamor from private health insurers and employers about the rapidly rising costs of health services has made determining the effectiveness of medical interventions a priority subject for many authorities in the field of medical care assessment.
  • (18) The command "Check your privilege" has become one of the great political rallying cries of 2013, and if you haven't heard it yet, you soon will, because it is fast slipping over from the social media sites – where it has become a clamorous chorus this year – to the mainstream media, largely thanks to journalists and certain former politicians who profess themselves to be baffled by its meaning.
  • (19) In the clamor of many institutional and special interest "orchestras," it is possible to lose sight of their common object of concern-human welfare and dignity.
  • (20) And as Glenn Greenwald writes , it’s inevitabley only a matter of time until there will be a clamoring from the chattering class for that, too.

Discontent


Definition:

  • (a.) Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
  • (n.) Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.
  • (n.) A discontented person; a malcontent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Likewise, Merkel's Germany seems to be replicating the same erroneous policy as that of 1930, when a devotion to fiscal orthodoxy plunged the Weimar Republic into mass discontent that fuelled the flames of National Socialism.
  • (2) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
  • (3) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
  • (4) Vladimir Putin brushed off complaints of election fixing during his annual televised live chat with the nation on Thursday , but behind the scenes his lieutenants are anxiously plotting how to quell rising discontent.
  • (5) His speech at the United Nations has been seen as a move to placate growing discontents in Palestinian society.
  • (6) During a time of ongoing industrial action in response to a continuing position of contractual imposition, there is obvious and significant discontent amongst the junior doctor workforce.” Junior doctors are only willing to support the review after the current industrial dispute is resolved, the statement ends.
  • (7) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
  • (8) As public sector workers prepare for the biggest strike since the Winter of Discontent in 1979, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that workers in the worst paid jobs – such as dinner ladies, hairdressers and waiters – have seen their pay fall sharply in real terms, fanning fears about families' ability to cope with soaring food and energy bills.
  • (9) These projects served the broader purpose of European integration, but they overlooked critical flaws in the architecture of monetary union that need to be decisively addressed so that the euro fulfils its promise of economic prosperity and prevents Europe from slipping even more into division and discontent.
  • (10) Then, in English, a simple statement that has come to define a Japanese summer of public discontent, the likes of which it has not seen in a generation: “This is what democracy looks like!” Amid the trade union and civic group banners were colourful, bilingual placards held aloft by a new generation of activists who have assumed the mantle of mass protest as Japan braces for the biggest shift in its defence posture for 70 years.
  • (11) Sceptics think Prokhorov will be one of half a dozen "approved" candidates used to soak up discontent with his soothing talk of inexorable change, while posing no real threat to Putin's supremacy.
  • (12) Tony Abbott has tried to stem the tide of discontent within his own party ranks, defending his decision to award a knighthood to Prince Philip and saying the government is “strong and effective” under his leadership.
  • (13) Last month, public discontent spilled over for the first time when Putin was booed during an appearance at a martial arts fight , an event described by analysts as a watershed moment in his rule.
  • (14) Discontent with the monarchy is no longer confined to avowedly republican parties or rightwingers, who have never forgiven the king for introducing democracy and transforming the state handed to him by dictator General Francisco Franco on his death in 1975, when Spain's historically fragile monarchy was restored for the second time in a century.
  • (15) Now it struggles with a slowing economy, insecurity and domestic discontent – whose effects might be seen in the upcoming elections.
  • (16) "All kinds of social conflicts have constantly accumulated, and feelings of discontent have consistently risen," it warns.
  • (17) Rumblings of discontent had been circulating for months with the two clashing over player recruitment following a summer of inexplicable inactivity at Bloomfield Road , and the point of no return appeared to be reached when then-Burton boss Gary Rowett was openly offered the job in September.
  • (18) A white woman held a sign reading: “Arrest Darren Wilson.” An African American man nearby held another, expressing discontent that Wilson was not detained: “If I killed a man I wouldn’t be on vacation.” One of the protesters, who gave his name only as Walter G, said he had been in the army and added that the attitude of some of the police in Ferguson reminded him of men in combat.
  • (19) It now connotes much more than an economic strategy, evoking, as the phrase “winter of discontent” did for so many years, a much broader sense of unease.
  • (20) Even if there was no consistent political platform mobilising the protesters, the protests functioned as part of a large-scale educational process: the protesters' misery and discontent were transformed into a great collective act of mobilisation – hundreds of thousands gathered in public squares, proclaiming that they had enough, that things could not go on like that.