Ailment
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
Complaint
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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.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.a grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaininga bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
Example sentence: A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.