Trivial vs. Trifling — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Trivial and Trifling
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Trivial
Of little significance or value.
Trifling
Of little worth or importance.
Trivial
Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial
A trivial colleague.
A trivial remark.
Trifling
Frivolous or foolish
"Mr. Knightly ... is not a trifling, silly young man" (Jane Austen).
Trivial
Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in which every variable is equal to zero.
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Trifling
Trivial, or of little importance.
Trivial
Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case; self-evident.
Trifling
Idle or frivolous.
Trivial
Ignorable; of little significance or value.
Trifling
(AAVE) Of suspicious character, typically secretive or deceitful; shady.
Trivial
Commonplace, ordinary.
Trifling
The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
Trivial
Concerned with or involving trivia.
Trifling
Present participle of trifle
Trivial
(taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
Trifling
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.
Trivial
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
Trifling
The deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
Trivial
(mathematics) Self-evident.
Trifling
Not worth considering;
He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
Piffling efforts
A trifling matter
Trivial
Pertaining to the trivium.
Trivial
(philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
Trivial
(obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
Trivial
Found anywhere; common.
Trivial
Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor.
Trivial
Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
The trivial round, the common task.
Trivial
Of or pertaining to the trivium.
Trivial
One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
Trivial
(informal terms) small and of little importance;
A fiddling sum of money
A footling gesture
Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
A little (or small) matter
Mickey Mouse regulations
A dispute over niggling details
Limited to petty enterprises
Piffling efforts
Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
Trivial
Obvious and dull;
Trivial conversation
Commonplace prose
Trivial
Of little substance or significance;
A few superficial editorial changes
Only trivial objections
Trivial
Concerned with trivialities;
A trivial young woman
A trivial mind
Trivial
Not large enough to consider or notice
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