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Sophistry vs Quibble - What's the difference?

sophistry | quibble |

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

English

Noun

  • (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.
  • See also

    * demagogy * rhetoric

    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

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    Verb

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

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