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Paltry vs Niggling - What's the difference?

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Paltry is a related term of niggling.


As adjectives the difference between paltry and niggling

is that paltry is trashy, trivial, of little value while niggling is petty.

As a verb niggling is

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As a noun niggling is

a sensation that niggles.

paltry

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l)

Adjective

(er)
  • trashy, trivial, of little value
    • This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
    She made some paltry excuse and left.
  • meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling
    • Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
    Student grants these days are paltry , and many students have to take out loans.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "paltry" is often applied: sum, rate, amount, number, price, salary, wages, fellow, pay, excuse, income, gain, compensation.

    Anagrams

    * *

    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.