What is the difference between sulking and complaining?

Answer 1

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complaining is putting the dislike into words.  sulking is showing it through behavior and mannerisms.  Basically, sulking is a passive-aggressive form of complaining.  It sends the message in a plausibly-deniable way (I am not complaining, yet you are even if you are saying nothing).

Answer 2

Sulking is done silently, or almost silently.

Complaining is the opposite.

Answer 3

complaining requires someone to hear/read your complaint.

You can sulk without anybody else noticing

Answer 4

Sulking is being sad or sullen whereas complaining is voicing discontent.

Answer 5

To sulk does not require any comment by sulker, and is passive aggressive. To complain, however, is to openly state disagreement. It is possible to discuss and resolve an issue with a complainer, but all a sulker wants is pity and sympathy.

Answer 6

None.

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