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Quibble vs Quest - What's the difference?

quibble | quest |

As a noun quibble

is a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.

As a verb quibble

is to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

As an abbreviation quest is

quantized electronic structure.

quibble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.
  • He harped on his quibble about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy.
  • A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; a cavil.
  • * I. Watts
  • Quibbles have no place in the search after truth.
  • (obsolete) A pun.
  • Synonyms

    * See

    Verb

    (quibbl)
  • To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
  • They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.

    Synonyms

    * See

    References

    quest

    English

    (wikipedia quest)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • Cease your quest of love.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
  • , author=Katie L. Burke , title=Ecological Dependency , volume=101, issue=1, page=64 , magazine= citation , passage=In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature , David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.}}
  • The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
  • (obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
  • * Herbert
  • Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.
  • (obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
  • (obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • What lawful quest have given their verdict?

    Derived terms

    * sidequest

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
  • To search for; to examine.
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