Tigher bounds on concavity of log

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Is there a tighter upper and lower bound on concavity of $\log(.)$ function?

It is very well known that $\log(\sum_{i}p_ix_i) - \sum_{i}p_i\log(x_i) \geq 0$ whenever $\sum_{j}p_j = 1$. But are there stronger versions of this inequality, of the form $ \log(\sum_{i}p_ix_i) - \sum_{i}p_i\log(x_i) \geq F(p_i)$ ?

It would be desirable that $F(.)$ be independent of $x_i$, but tighter and non-trivial inequalities even without this restriction would be appreciated. Thanks.