Nitpicks vs Nitpicky - What's the difference?
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(nitpick)
To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details; to kvetch.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 26
, author=Tasha Robinson
, title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :
, work=The Onion AV Club
(archaic) To pick nits - lice eggs - from someone’s hair.
Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
As a verb nitpicks
is (nitpick).As an adjective nitpicky is
finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.nitpicks
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- Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.
citation, page= , passage=But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick . The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it. }}
- Watch the mother gorilla nitpick the baby’s fur clean.