What's the difference between grievance and wrong?

Grievance


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.
  • (v. t.) Grieving; grief; affliction.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) ‘A candidate of grievances’ But the increase in populist unrest within the Republican base isn’t the only reason for Trump’s rise.
  • (2) A leaked cabinet committee memo in 2010 showed coalition ministers were advised on coming into government that it was wrong "to regard radicalisation in this country as a linear 'conveyor belt' moving from grievance, through radicalisation, to violence … This thesis seems to both misread the radicalisation process and to give undue weight to ideological factors".
  • (3) On the Iranian side, the list of grievances against the US includes American support of Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war, and the shooting down of an Iranian civilian airliner with the loss of almost 300 lives.
  • (4) As always he sounded as if he believed every single word but, despite rightful grievances about the latest incident, if his team are suffering from a reputation, then a good part of that, undeniably, is of their own making.
  • (5) What it did was just give the nationalists a whole grievance agenda from a minute after the result was declared,” Alexander recalled.
  • (6) Baghdad and Erbil have an endless list of grievances, ranging from border controls and the integration of the peshmerga to the Iraqi national army, to the delimitation of Kurdistan and the sharing of wealth between the centre and the autonomous region – especially oil.
  • (7) Her companion, a man in his fifties, also refused to give his name to the “Lugen Presse” (liar press, a term coined by the Nazis and frequently chanted at Pegida events), but is quick to add: “We’ve nothing against helping foreigners in need, like those poor people in Syria, but we should be helping them in their own country, not bringing them over here.” The demonstrations feel like an invitation for anyone to voice any grievance.
  • (8) The fact that hospitals have been able to reject or ignore certain grievances has added to concerns about the NHS complaints system.
  • (9) While specific data providing direct comparisons of numbers of lawsuits between private and public psychiatrists are not available, a review of the existing literature supports this hypothesis, particularly with respect to grievances.
  • (10) Cho Seung-hui was revealed to be a troubled loner of South Korean descent who left behind a disturbing note of grievances against his university saying: "You caused me to do this."
  • (11) It was thought that that would definitely lead to a profound sense of grievance and injustice which the SNP would continue to exploit,” he explained.
  • (12) Rioters revealed that a complex mix of grievances brought them on to the streets but analysts appointed by the LSE identified distrust and antipathy toward police as a key driving force.
  • (13) Which brings us to the subject of money – another Gamergate grievance.
  • (14) The past year has seen a shift in agenda from the grievances of the local Bedouin population to a more international focus and an expansion of the recruiting base.
  • (15) The list of demands, relayed to Qatar via mediators from Kuwait, represents the first time Saudi Arabia has been prepared to put the bloc’s previously amorphous grievances in writing.
  • (16) Clinton’s involvement in the Iran debate subtly positions the Democratic frontrunner as an Iran hawk who is less hopeful of the diplomatic bargain ending US grievances with Tehran than she is cautious about Washington fracturing a diplomatic coalition needed to enforce punitive measures on Iran.
  • (17) TV always seemed to come before performing music,” is a recurrent grievance, and even after he’d won, his first thought the following morning when the alarm clock went off at dawn was: “I wasn’t happy.
  • (18) The author knew he intended to go public with his grievances against the newspaper.
  • (19) They are entitled to have grievances about Nemanja Vidic's late red card, when a booking would have been sufficient for his scything challenge on Eden Hazard, but they were also extremely fortunate Rafael da Silva did not follow him in stoppage time for his two-footed tackle on Gary Cahill.
  • (20) This gap will not be bridged quickly but the state has a moral duty to acknowledge the deep and genuine grievances of the last 40 years and initiate the policies and actions that will lead to a better future.

Wrong


Definition:

  • () imp. of Wring. Wrung.
  • (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.
  • (a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.
  • (a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.
  • (a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
  • (a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
  • (adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
  • (a.) That which is not right.
  • (a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.
  • (a.) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
  • (a.) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.
  • (v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.
  • (v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this book, he dismisses Freud's idea of penis envy - "Freud got it spectacularly wrong" - and said "women don't envy the penis.
  • (2) But this is to look at the outcomes in the wrong way.
  • (3) It is not that the concept of food miles is wrong; it is just too simplistic, say experts.
  • (4) "But this is not all Bulgarians and gives a totally wrong picture of what the country is about," she sighed.
  • (5) No malignant tumour failed to be diagnosed (100% reliable), the anatomopathological examination of specimens in benign conditions was never wrong (100% reliable).
  • (6) The Bible treats suicide in a factual way and not as wrong or shameful.
  • (7) "That attracted all the wrong sorts for a few years, so the clubs put their prices up to keep them out and the prices never came down again."
  • (8) More than half of carers said they were neglecting their own diet as a result of their caring responsibilities, while some said they were eating the wrong things because of the stress they are under and more than half said they had experienced problems with diet and hydration.
  • (9) A final experiment confirmed a prediction from the above theory that when recalling the original sequence, omissions (recalling no word) will decrease and transpositions (giving the wrong word) will increase as noise level increases.
  • (10) Other details showed the wrong patient undergoing a heart procedure, and the wrong patient given an invasive colonoscopy to check their bowel.
  • (11) Mulholland and others have tried to portray the Leeds case in terms of right or wrong.
  • (12) And of course, as the articles are shared far and wide across the apparently much-hated web, they become gospel to those who read them and unfortunately become quasi-religious texts to musicians of all stripes who blame the internet for everything that is wrong with their careers.
  • (13) And I was a little surprised because I said: ‘Doesn’t sound like he did anything wrong there.’ But he did something wrong with respect to the vice-president and I thought that was not acceptable.” So that’s clear.
  • (14) The fitting element to a Cabrera victory would have been thus: the final round of the 77th Masters fell on the 90th birthday of Roberto De Vicenzo, the great Argentine golfer who missed out on an Augusta play-off by virtue of signing for the wrong score.
  • (15) "I don't think that people are waiting for the wrong solution."
  • (16) I can’t hear those wrong notes any more,” she says.
  • (17) "This crowd of charlatans ... look for one little thing they can say is wrong, and thus generalise that the science is entirely compromised."
  • (18) Eleven women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, with 20 listed as critically ill, after a state-run mass sterilisation campaign went horribly wrong.
  • (19) in horses is imputed to the small numbers of people involved in the work, to the conservation of the authorities responsible for breeding, to the wrong choice of stallions for A.I.
  • (20) The Sun editor also said his newspaper was wrong to use the word "tran" in a headline to describe a transexual, saying that he felt that "I don't know this is our greatest moment, to be honest".