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Niggly vs Wiggly - What's the difference?

niggly | wiggly |

As adjectives the difference between niggly and wiggly

is that niggly is bad-tempered, especially about trivial details while wiggly is constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.

niggly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • bad-tempered, especially about trivial details.
  • trivial, insignificant
  • *2003 , page 5
  • *:They'd argue a lot, about little niggly things — and they had never been like that.
  • *1994 , Douglas R. Graves - Life Drawing in Charcoal] [http://books.google.com/books?id=RZcmIMxv8HYC&pg=PA153&dq=niggly&lr=&sig=VM9X2jg6MmNI-MSzSfNlYnWyTPM page 153
  • *:You soon discover there isn't time (nor is there any need) to put in the niggly details. The essence of the pose is its attitude or action and a hint of the model.
  • pernickety, paying too much attention to small details.
  • *2003 , page 16
  • *:Now things are less confrontational but just as niggly . The Spanish examine drivers' papers with elaborate care, causing huge traffic jams

    • wiggly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.
    • It is not easy to get a diaper onto a wiggly little baby.
  • (of a line) Made up of many curves

    • Synonyms

    * fidgety * jiggly * jumpy * squirmy