Petty vs. Vindictive — What's the Difference?

Of small importance; trivial

Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge

Showing an excessive concern with unimportant matters or minor details, especially in a narrow-minded way

Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful.

Of lesser importance or rank; subordinate

Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.

(Law) Variant of petit.

Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.

Having little or no importance.

(obsolete) punitive

Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns.

Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.

(historical) Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary.

Punitive.

Little or small in size.

Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge;

Secondary in importance or rank; minor, subordinate.

Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite;

An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy.

(historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.

A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.

Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.

Inferior in rank or status;

(informal terms) small and of little importance;

Contemptibly narrow in outlook;