✅ Complain refers to expressing displeasure or discomfort (He started to complain two minutes into the hike).

✅ Grumble refers to complaining, mostly to yourself, in a mean or ill-natured way (She liked to grumble about the neighbors).

✅ Generally, complain suggests that you want to fix the displeasure or discomfort, whereas grumble suggests that you want to complain for the sake of it, rather than fix what’s wrong (He grumbled about the coffee but refused to get a new one; He complained to the doctor about pain in his knee).

✅ However, complain can also suggest making a more official fuss over something, especially in order to get attention, or to get something for free (I knew she was about to complain to the manager).

You won’t be able to complain about these synonyms for grumble.

✅ Error refers to an unintentional and usually small mistake in terms of accuracy, or sometimes behavior (an error in the paperwork).

✅ Blunder refers to a silly mistake, suggesting ignorance, awkwardness, or carelessness (He made a few blunders at his first dinner party).

✅ Error doesn’t necessarily imply anything about the person making the mistake, whereas blunder implies that the mistake was made out of carelessness or ignorance (I started to dislike her after her blunder in front of the ambassador; We all make errors from time to time).

✅ Error and blunder can be used to minimize a larger mistake, by making it sound smaller, less serious, or less deserving of blame than it is (She made an error that led to a data leak; The politician made a blunder during trade talks).

Try using blunder in a paragraph describing a social event, with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Rich is a general word to describe someone who has a lot of money or similar kinds of resources (a rich businesswoman).

✅ Affluent is the best word to describe someone who has a lot of money in addition to a socially desirable lifestyle and social prestige and privilege (an affluent family).

✅ Affluent can describe social position just as much as it describes how much money you have (They were affluent, though they didn’t consider themselves rich).

✅ Rich can sometimes suggest that you’ve only recently become wealthy, whereas affluent generally suggests that you’ve been wealthy for generations (An ancient and affluent lineage; She struck it rich in the transportation industry).

Become rich with words with these synonyms for affluent.