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Petty vs Fiddling - What's the difference?

petty | fiddling |

As adjectives the difference between petty and fiddling

is that petty is little, small, secondary in rank or importance while fiddling is of petty or trivial importance; footling.

As a proper noun Petty

is {{surname|lang=en}.

As a verb fiddling is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun fiddling is

action of the verb to fiddle

petty

English

(wikipedia petty)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
    • Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)
    petty officer'', ''petty cash
  • Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
    • a petty fault
  • Narrow-minded, small-minded.

    • Derived terms

    * petty cash * petty officer * petty king * pettiness * petty crime

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * quibble

    External links

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    fiddling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • He was fiddling while Rome burned.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to fiddle
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • [W]e, her doctors

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of petty or trivial importance; footling
    • It was a fiddling little fault, but was disastrous.