To Whine: bellyache, carp, complain, cry, drone, fuss, gripe, grouse, grumble, howl, kick, mewl, moan, murmur, pule, repine, snivel, sob, wail, whimper, yowl...

...typically from annoyance, aggravation, agitation, bother, difficulty, discontent, displeasure, fretfulness, harassment, restlessness, trouble, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, worry.

To Disagree: clash, conflict, contend, contest, contradict, counter, debate, deviate, differ dispute, dissent, diverge, object, oppose...

...typically from annoyance, aggravation, agitation, bother, difficulty, discontent, displeasure, fretfulness, harassment, restlessness, trouble, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, worry.

If power is defined as anyone with influence, then to disagree with no complaint to power, (or with no complaint until after the fact), is to whine.

I would like to believe that to disagree is to create possibilities: a possibility for justice; a possibility for progress; a possibility for learning; a possibility for shared understanding.

But...

Power often mistakes disagreement for whining.

The overwhelming apathy from the population at large often colors disagreement as whining.

Indecision, personal apathy, uncertainty, conformity, and other personal insecurities encourage disagreement to remain imprisoned as whining.

And to whine is to not be heard.

I will take my chances.

I will continue to disagree.