Slight vs Niggling - What's the difference?
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Small, weak or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 Not stout or heavy; slender.
* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
(obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
To treat as slight or not worthy of attention, to make light of.
* Cowper
To treat with disdain or neglect.
To act negligently or carelessly.
(military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
To make even or level.
To throw heedlessly.
* Shakespeare
The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
* (Benjamin Franklin)
Sleight.
petty
* 1863 , Charles Darwin's letter to J. D. Hooker,
A sensation that niggles.
* 2009 , Jenny Parratt, Feelings of Change: Stories of Having a Baby (page 10)
Slight is a related term of niggling.
As adjectives the difference between slight and niggling
is that slight is small, weak or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe while niggling is petty.As verbs the difference between slight and niggling
is that slight is to treat as slight or not worthy of attention, to make light of while niggling is .As nouns the difference between slight and niggling
is that slight is the act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy while niggling is a sensation that niggles.slight
English
Adjective
(er)- Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
- Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
citation, passage=Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,
- his own figure, which was formerly so slight
- (Hudibras)
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* slightish * slightly * slightnessVerb
(en verb)- the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies
- (Clarendon)
- (Hexham)
- The rogue slighted me into the river.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* slightinglyNoun
(wikipedia slight) (en noun)- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
- (Spenser)
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* put a slight uponReferences
(Webster 1913)Anagrams
* lightsniggling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(head)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)- Occasionally a paranoia or slight insecurity that is not based on reality will bring nigglings of that bad time.