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Higgle vs Niggle - What's the difference?

higgle | niggle |

As verbs the difference between higgle and niggle

is that higgle is to hawk or peddle provisions while niggle is to trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

As a noun niggle is

a minor complaint or problem.

higgle

English

Verb

(higgl)
  • (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions.
  • (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
    • To truck and higgle for a private good. — Emerson.

    Synonyms

    * haggle, wrangle, chaffer, huckster.

    Related terms

    Probably alteration of haggle.

    References

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    niggle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A minor complaint or problem.
  • * 2012 , The Guardian, 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.
  • (obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.

    • Verb

    (niggl)
  • To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • To dwell too much on minor points.
  • To fidget, fiddle, be restless.

    • Derived terms

    * niggly

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