Nitpicky vs. Nitpicking — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nitpicky and Nitpicking
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Nitpicky
Overly concerned with insignificant details
A nitpicky supervisor.
Nitpicking
Nitpicking is a term, first used in 1956, that describes the action of giving too much attention to unimportant detail. A person who nitpicks is termed as a nitpicker.The terminology originates from the common act of manually removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from another person's hair.As nitpicking inherently requires fastidious attention to detail, the term has become appropriated to describe the practice of meticulously searching for minor, even trivial errors in detail .Nitpicking has been used to describe dishonest insurers, and bullying employers.
Nitpicky
Characterized by petty fault-finding
Nitpicky complaints.
Nitpicking
To be concerned with or find fault with insignificant details.
Nitpicky
Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
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Nitpicking
To criticize or find fault with (someone or something) in a petty way.
Nitpicking
The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
Nitpicking
A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
"Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally in Dilbert
Nitpicking
Quibbling over insignificant details;
Caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders
Her nagging and carping attack
Thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking
A pettifogging lawyer's mind
Had no patience with quibbling critics
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