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Giggling vs Niggling - What's the difference?

giggling | niggling |

As verbs the difference between giggling and niggling

is that giggling is while niggling is .

As nouns the difference between giggling and niggling

is that giggling is the act of producing giggles; high-pitched laughter while niggling is a sensation that niggles.

As an adjective niggling is

petty.

giggling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of producing giggles; high-pitched laughter
  • * 1959 , Boys' Life (volume 49, number 5, May 1959, page 56)
    • Once there, he blushingly went through the procedure, having to fold and refold the flag about three times, to the twitterings and gigglings of twelve little girls.

    niggling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • petty
  • * 1863 , Charles Darwin's letter to J. D. Hooker, 14th of July 1863
    • My dear Hooker, I am getting very much amused by my tendrils, it is just the sort of niggling work which suits me, and takes up no time and rather rests me whilst writing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sensation that niggles.
  • * 2009 , Jenny Parratt, Feelings of Change: Stories of Having a Baby (page 10)
    • Occasionally a paranoia or slight insecurity that is not based on reality will bring nigglings of that bad time.