Sophistry vs Quibble - What's the difference?
sophistry | quibble |
(uncountable) Cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.
*"Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money." 1844 - Søren Kierkegaard in Philosophical Fragments (Philosophiske Smuler eller En Smule Philosophi)
(uncountable) The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
(countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.
A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; a cavil.
* I. Watts
(obsolete) A pun.
To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
As nouns the difference between sophistry and quibble
is that sophistry is cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery while 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.sophistry
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See also
* demagogy * rhetoricquibble
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Noun
(en noun)- He harped on his quibble about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy.
- Quibbles have no place in the search after truth.
Synonyms
* SeeVerb
(quibbl)- They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.