What's the difference between discontentment and dissatisfaction?

Discontentment


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is a lot of discontentment across the social strata – but according to Trefon, it may be too much to expect people who are busy simply trying to survive to muster the strength and courage to tackle what amounts to a broken system.
  • (2) To sum up, the lonely abuser showed a recurrent pattern characterized by discontentment and dissatisfaction, in combination with some traces of passivity in essential life-spheres.
  • (3) The electoral landscape is fragmenting; populist parties that sow the seeds of discontentment with democracy, most prominently Ukip, are growing in strength .
  • (4) Improving information given to both doctors and patients about drugs may be important in improving prescribing without causing discontentment.

Dissatisfaction


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bereaved individuals were significantly more likely to report heightened dysphoria, dissatisfaction, and somatic disturbances typical of depression, even when variations in age, sex, number of years married, and educational and occupational status were taken into account.
  • (2) Movies such as Concussion , about the dissatisfactions of a bourgeois lesbian marriage, are already starting to ask these questions.
  • (3) Seventy-two per cent of the 226 respondents had used the service, 23% more than four times, and 94% indicated satisfaction at having such a service available, with only 1% expressing dissatisfaction.
  • (4) There are three kinds of motivation: the intrinsic motivation which means the guy is naturally demanding of himself that he wants to be the best, and he has always that inner dissatisfaction with what he has achieved.
  • (5) While both treatment groups expressed high dissatisfaction with all aspects of their lives, relative to controls, problem drinkers experienced a greater variety of problems than weight clients.
  • (6) In the last decades, the interest was almost always an expression of dissatisfaction with an exclusively scientifically oriented medicine.
  • (7) The data did not show "job dissatisfaction" to be a major factor prompting pursuit of the Pharm.D.
  • (8) Mourinho has been vociferous in his complaints about the scheduling of key domestic fixtures around European ties this season and reiterated his dissatisfaction after Tuesday's goalless draw in Madrid, claiming to be baffled as to why the match at Anfield could not be played on Friday or Saturday to assist the last English club involved in European competition.
  • (9) The results of the multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that job-dissatisfaction together with age and education was significantly correlated with medical consultation (p less than 0.05).
  • (10) The user interface, method of manual data entry, time to produce the record and difficulty learning the system were the source of the greatest dissatisfaction.
  • (11) The recent big increase in learning opportunities for general practitioners, particularly in postgraduate medical centres, has been accompanied by increasing suspicion that educational activities may not be fulfilling the aims of continuing education, and that there is dissatisfaction with existing courses.This study took place in the north-western region, and 18 clinical tutors were interviewed using a structured interview schedule.Very few of the clinical tutors were aware of the existence of the book The Future General Practitioner-Learning and Teaching, and most activities consisted of lectures, lecturers usually being local and regional consultants, with occasional national authorities.
  • (12) Many myopic people, expressing dissatisfaction with traditional methods of optical correction, are interested in a permanent correction of their refractive error which would alleviate dependence on corrective lenses.
  • (13) Dissatisfaction was also associated with increased reaction time in the visual search task, perhaps also a reflection of an inability to ignore irrelevant stimuli.
  • (14) "The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction.
  • (15) There was a significant main effect for marital satisfaction, with distressed couples expressing more dissatisfaction in sexual relations and more negative communications during conflict resolution tasks.
  • (16) We asked questions about their feelings related to the need for hospitalization, their present problems, whether hospitalization had helped them, their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with ward life, and their feelings about discharge.
  • (17) As the health care system becomes more impersonal, competitive, and cost conscious, there is a potential for increased dissatisfaction with health care providers.
  • (18) A sample of elderly parents in the state of Florida was contrasted with a national sample of parents in their childbearing years with respect to the satisfactions and dissatisfactions of having children.
  • (19) Some elements of dissatisfaction (concerning the limited length of the erect penis, difficult coital position, and failing ejaculation) were found, that draw attention to the necessity of improving information and psychosexual counselling.
  • (20) The dramatic plunge in support for Merkel's party, which polled 42.6% of the vote at the last election in Hamburg, in 2008, can be attributed to voter dissatisfaction with the chancellor's handling of the euro crisis as well as problems within her own party at home – and particularly in Hamburg.