Difference between Discontent and Malcontent

DISCONTENT vs MALCONTENT: NOUN

A discontented person; a malcontent.
One who is discontented; a malcontent.
Want of content; uneasiness or inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction with some present state of things; displeasure.
One who is discontented.
A restless longing for better circumstances.
Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.
Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.
Dissatisfaction.
A longing for something better than the present situation
A discontented person. (see also malcontent).
A longing for better times or circumstances.

A person who is discontented or disgusted
A chronically dissatisfied person.
One who rebels against the established system.
A discontented person; specifically, a discontented subject of government; one who murmurs at the laws and administration, or who manifests his dissatisfaction by overt acts, as in sedition or insurrection.
One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts.
A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person

Dissatisfied with current conditions; discontented
Discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government.
Dissatisfied with existing conditions.
Discontented as toward authority

Dissatisfied; discontented; especially, dissatisfied or discontented with the existing order of things, as with the constitution of society, or the administration of government.

Anger, Resentment, Disaffection, Unhappiness, Dissatisfaction, Discontentedness, Ungratified, Ill affected, Unsatisfied, Rebellious, Dissatisfied, Restless, Malcontent, Disaffected, Disgruntled

Misfit, Pouter, Surliness, Misanthrope, Hothead, Sulker, Prima donna, Underachiever, Knucklehead, Troublemaker, Ill affected, Rebellious, Discontent, Disaffected, Discontented

Indignation, Displeasure, Unease, Frustration, Anger, Unhappiness, Ungratified, Ill affected, Unsatisfied, Rebellious, Dissatisfied, Restless, Malcontent, Disaffected, Disgruntled

Whipping boy, Whiner, Misfit, Pouter, Surliness, Misanthrope, Hothead, Sulker, Prima donna, Underachiever, Knucklehead, Ill affected, Rebellious, Disaffected, Discontented

WATTENBERG: There is discontent within the Reform Party.
Popular discontent was brewing over unfair wealth distribution.
Union Government, which remained unimplemented, causing simmering discontent.
American citizen to investigate the cause of discontent.
ISDS claims, discontent with the system will grow.
These measures caused deep discontent in the aristocracy.
Ethans Discontent for Life and The Poor Choices.
Patterns of Discontent: Will History Repeat in Iran?
What is then achieved is discontent, Amy Wygant the discontent of the questioner, and that can only be good for the study of history.
With failure comes discontent, and discontent spurs dissent.

Horatio Gates, the military malcontent of the Revolution.
Fixed the malcontent lockers in the Janitor Office.
Cobb myself, but his script character clearly morphed into a petty malcontent during the writing process.
Pepitone remained with the team for another four years, but was viewed as a malcontent.
Lucius is an ancient vampire with a smug snarl and malcontent scowl.
Any malcontent behavior would show a lack of awareness from Cousins.
My condominium association has one owner who is a malcontent.
What if a malcontent user saboteur decides to act maliciously?
So again the malcontent label gets a little louder.
Malcontent will no longer cause the enaction of malignancy.