Complain
Complain verb - To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.
Demonstrate and complain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Demonstrate" instead a verb "Complain".
Demonstrate
Demonstrate verb - To gain full recognition or acceptance of.
Complain and demonstrate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complain" instead a verb "Demonstrate".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- British Field Marshal Birdwood reminisced that an Australian private came up to him, on the officer's first day at Gallipoli, to "complain about inferior bloody materiel." To demonstrate the low quality of equipment, the soldier pulled the pin on a grenade and tossed it near the field marshal.
Source: Military Maverick
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