Glitch vs Niggle - What's the difference?
glitch | niggle |
A problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk
(video games) A bug or an exploit.
(music) A genre of experimental electronic music of the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
To experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction
(video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
A minor complaint or problem.
* 2012 , The Guardian,
(obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.
To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
To dwell too much on minor points.
To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
As nouns the difference between glitch and niggle
is that glitch is a problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk while niggle is a minor complaint or problem.As verbs the difference between glitch and niggle
is that glitch is to experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction while niggle is to trifle with; to deceive; to mock.glitch
English
Noun
(wikipedia glitch) (es)- They are still trying to work out all the glitches .
- Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.
Derived terms
* glitchcoreQuotations
* 1962 , (John Glenn) *: Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical current. * 1965 , Time magazine *: Glitches —a spaceman’s word for irritating disturbances.Verb
(es)- My computer keeps glitching ; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.
- His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.
References
niggle
English
Noun
(en noun)London 2012: Christian Taylor aims high as Phillips Idowu stays away, by Anna Kessel
- The Olympic medal contender's back problem has been described as a "niggle " by the head coach, Charles van Commenee, but Porter's friend and former team-mate Danielle Carruthers revealed that the injury is playing on the Briton's mind.
Verb
(niggl)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)