Dishearten vs. Quibble — What's the Difference?

To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit.

To argue or find fault over trivial matters or minor concerns; cavil.

(transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

A trivial matter or minor concern raised in arguing or finding fault.

To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

(Archaic) A pun.

Take away the enthusiasm of

A pun.

An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.

To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

A pun; a low conceit.

To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

To pun; to practice punning.

An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

Argue over petty things;