different between pest vs grievance

English

Etymology

From Middle French peste (whence French peste), ultimately from Latin pestis.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /p?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

pest (plural pests)

1. (originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
2. Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
3. An annoying person, a nuisance.
4. An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
5. An invasive weed.

Synonyms

• (creature): bug

Related terms

• garden pest
• pester
• pesting
• pesthole
• pesthouse
• pesticidal, pesticide
• pestiferous
• pestilence, pestilent, pestilential

Translations

Anagrams

• EPTs, ESTP, PETs, STEP, Sept, Sept., TPEs, Teps, pets, sept, sept-, spet, step, step-

Danish

Etymology

From French peste, from Latin pestis (“disease, plague, pest, destruction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?st/, [p??sd?]

Noun

pest c (uncountable, singular definite pesten)

1. (medicine) plague
2. (figuratively) pestilence

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

pest f (uncountable)

1. A plague, pest, pestilence.
2. A specific bovine plague
3. An obnoxious person

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: pes

Verb

pest

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of pesten
2. imperative of pesten

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?st/

Noun

pest f (Arabic spelling ?????)

1. pressure, oppression

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “pest”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pestis

Noun

pest f or m (definite singular pesta or pesten, indefinite plural pester, definite plural pestene)

1. a plague

   sky (noe/noen) som pesten - avoid (something/someone) like the plague

   velge mellom pest og kolera - choose the lesser of two evils

Derived terms

• byllepest
• forpeste
• pestepidemi

References

• “pest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pestis

Noun

pest m (definite singular pesten, indefinite plural pestar, definite plural pestane)
pest f (definite singular pesta, indefinite plural pester, definite plural pestene)

1. a plague

   sky (noko/nokon) som pesten - avoid (something/someone) like the plague

   velje mellom pest og kolera - choose the lesser of two evils

Derived terms

• byllepest
• forpeste
• pestepidemi

References

• “pest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?st?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pê?st/

Noun

p?st f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (regional, literary) fist

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?st?. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ????, pest, Slovak päs?, Russian ????? (pjast?, “middle part of the hand”) and ????????? (zapjást?je), dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) ??????? (pestnik), ?????? (pesnik), ???????? (pestnica). Compare Ancient Greek ????? (pugm?), English fist, German Faust.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pé?st/

Noun

p??st f

1. (anatomy) fist

Inflection

Derived terms

• pésten

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pestis.

Noun

pest c

1. A plague
2. A pest; something deeply annoying

Derived terms

• blodpest
• böldpest
• lungpest
• pest och pina
• välja mellan pest och kolera

English

Alternative forms

• grievaunce (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French grievance, from the verb grever (“to irritate; to bother; to annoy”) + -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /???i.v?ns/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???i?.v?ns/
• Rhymes: -iv?ns

Noun

grievance (countable and uncountable, plural grievances)

1. (countable) Something which causes grief.
2. (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Wayne Rooney spent much of the game remonstrating with Oliver about his own grievances and, in the interest of balance, there were certainly occasions when United had legitimate complaints.
3. (uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage.
4. (countable) A complaint or annoyance.
5. (countable) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.

   If you want the problem fixed, you'll have to file a grievance with the city.

6. (uncountable) Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior.

Translations

Anagrams

• caregiven

Old French

Noun

grievance f (oblique plural grievances, nominative singular grievance, nominative plural grievances)

1. Alternative form of grevance