What's the difference between concern and gripe?

Concern


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
  • (v. t.) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
  • (v. i.) To be of importance.
  • (n.) That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.
  • (n.) That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.
  • (n.) Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.
  • (n.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
  • (2) As far as acrophase table is concerned for all enzymes and fractions the acrophase occurred during the night.
  • (3) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
  • (4) The problem of treatment oneside malocclusions of adult patients needs to concern of anchorange.
  • (5) This article is intended as a brief practical guide for physicians and physiotherapists concerned with the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
  • (6) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
  • (7) The aetiological factors concerned in the production of paraumbilical and epigastric hernias have been reviewed along structural--functional lines.
  • (8) A review is presented concerning the development of new neuroimaging techniques in the last decade which have improved the diagnostic exploration of patients with spinal cord injuries, including studies of possible sequelae.
  • (9) Much of the current information concerning this issue is from short-term studies.
  • (10) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
  • (11) Several dimensions of the outcome of 86 schizophrenic patients were recorded 1 year after discharge from inpatient index-treatment to complete a prospective study concerning the course of illness (rehospitalization, symptoms, employment and social contacts).
  • (12) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
  • (13) Regulators concerned about physician behavior and confronted by demands of nonphysicians to prescribe controlled substances may find EDT a good solution.
  • (14) Reasons for non-acceptance do not indicate any major difficulties in the employment of such staff in general practice, at least as far as the patients are concerned.
  • (15) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
  • (16) This is a report concerning a unique combination of Alzheimer's disease with the following refluxes: buccosalivary, gastroesophageal, vesicoureteral, urethroprostatic and urethrovesicular, along with neurogenic bowel and neuropathic bladder.
  • (17) I"m not concerned about the Secretary of State's comments, he suggests.
  • (18) It did the job of triggering growth, but it also fueled real-estate speculation, similar to what was going on in the mid-2000s here.” Slowing economic growth may be another concern.
  • (19) The data obtained are considered inasmuch as they concern the hypobilirubinemic action of nicophesone.
  • (20) In South Africa, health risks associated with exposure to toxic waste sites need to be viewed in the context of current community health concerns, competing causes of disease and ill-health, and the relative lack of knowledge about environmental contamination and associated health effects.

Gripe


Definition:

  • (n.) A vulture; the griffin.
  • (v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
  • (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
  • (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
  • (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
  • (v. i.) To suffer griping pains.
  • (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
  • (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
  • (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
  • (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  • (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
  • (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  • (n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  • (n.) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  • (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His gripe is with Jeremy – as far as I’m concerned, he will play for West Brom again,” Pulis told the Daily Mail .
  • (2) Like many, I assumed that the accumulated gripes about ticketing (thoroughly justified in this case), Zil lanes, G4S failures, McDonald's sponsorship and over-heavy security would have ensured healthy levels of Olympic alienation and even hostility.
  • (3) Where d’you live, let’s have this out in person, shall we?’” But these are small gripes.
  • (4) Or is it someone who takes 10 minutes of going on about their bunions and general gripes before revealing that they had an episode of crippling chest pain last night, by the way?
  • (5) This is one of my pet gripes about modern society: the way in which serious issues and events are converted into bizarre forms of celebrity,” he wrote.
  • (6) This is one of my pet gripes about modern society: the way in which serious issues and events are converted into bizarre forms of celebrity.” Efforts to contact Latham have been unsuccessful.
  • (7) Along with the City, they've all got a gripe with Miliband.
  • (8) Large numbers of babies are given gripe water for no valid reason or for only trivial symptoms, write Cynthia Illingworth and John Timmins.
  • (9) Simultaneous tenesmic gripes, some of the patients had also suffered from, disappeared completely, with the exception of two cases where, however, normalization of the stools was obtained by means of the loperamide therapy.
  • (10) Hannah Fletcher, a single mum who works part-time but would like more hours, said her main gripe was that the majority of politicians “are white, middle-aged men who are not in tune with society”.
  • (11) Lamont's further gripe is a council tax freeze launched as a stopgap measure in 2007-08 by the then minority SNP administration, pending the introduction of a local income tax.
  • (12) My main gripe is that there’s no flexibility about when my work gets done.
  • (13) HS That is absolutely not my gripe: if anyone is potty (and rich) enough to spend a grand on a handbag, that’s fine by me— and you’re right, all power to the craftsmen and everyone else involved.
  • (14) Premier League 2015-16 review: gripe of the season | Tom Davies Read more David Hytner For some reason, I hate it when the league is referred to as ‘The Barclays Premier League,’ either in copy or on TV.
  • (15) Wilkie says: "The main gripe is that all the music we play is crap.
  • (16) And for all my gripes, many of my most intense experiences of art happen here.
  • (17) Indeed, McClaren’s only possible gripe would have been regret that some of his side’s sharp midfield incision could have done with being replicated in the penalty area.
  • (18) Small gripes include the grading of games leading to tiered pricing, and having to buy tickets for two games if you want to go to Palace versus the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea.
  • (19) But the militant gays and thinning hair and gluteal amnesia are small gripes.
  • (20) But bias is not my gripe; the good Muslim v bad Muslim game is an old one.