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Wiggling vs Niggling - What's the difference?

wiggling | niggling |

As verbs the difference between wiggling and niggling

is that wiggling is present participle of wiggle while niggling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between wiggling and niggling

is that wiggling is the motion of something that wiggles while niggling is a sensation that niggles.

As an adjective niggling is

petty.

wiggling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The motion of something that wiggles.
    • the wigglings of a lively worm

    niggling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • petty
  • * 1863 , Charles Darwin's letter to J. D. Hooker, 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)
  • A sensation that niggles.
  • * 2009 , Jenny Parratt, Feelings of Change: Stories of Having a Baby (page 10)
    • Occasionally a paranoia or slight insecurity that is not based on reality will bring nigglings of that bad time.