different between backlash vs complaint

English

Etymology

From back +? lash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk?læ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

backlash (countable and uncountable, plural backlashes)

1. A sudden backward motion.
2. (figuratively) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.

3. (mechanics) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
4. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

Derived terms

• techlash

Translations

Verb

backlash (third-person singular simple present backlashes, present participle backlashing, simple past and past participle backlashed)

1. To cause or set off a backlash.

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Anagrams

• black ash, hacklabs

English

Etymology

From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?ple?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?nt

Noun

complaint (countable and uncountable, plural complaints)

1. The act of complaining.
2. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.

3. (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
   The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
4. (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
   However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
5. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.

   Don't come too close; I've got this nasty complaint.

Synonyms

• (in criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer) criminal complaint, complaint of an offence/offense, (penal) charge, (criminal) charges, criminal information, informing the police/authorities, notification of the police/authorities, reporting an offence/offense to the police/authorities

Translations

Anagrams

• coimplant, compliant