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Tiff vs Quibble - What's the difference?

tiff | quibble |

In intransitive terms the difference between tiff and quibble

is that tiff is to quarrel while quibble is to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

As an acronym TIFF

is tagged image file format.

As a proper noun Tiff

is a nickname for Tiffany.

tiff

English

Etymology 1

Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small argument; a petty quarrel.
  • * 1840 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Catherine: A Story
    • There’s Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
  • Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • sipping his tiff of brandy punch.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To quarrel.
  • * Landor
    • She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Middle English tiffen, (etyl) tiffer, (tifer), to bedizen; compare D. (tippen) to clip the points or ends of the hair, English tip (noun).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To deck out; to dress.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs

    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

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