bickering
noun
1 bickering
A quarrel about petty points.
synonyms: bicker, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff.
Roget 24:
disagreement;
discord,
discordance;
dissonance,
dissidence,
discrepancy;
unconformity
etc.
83;
incongruity,
incongruence†;
discongruity†,
mesalliance;
jarring
etc.
v.;
dissension
etc.
713;
conflict
etc.
(opposition)
708;
bickering,
clashing,
misunderstanding,
wrangle.
disparity,
mismatch,
disproportion;
dissimilitude,
inequality;
disproportionateness
etc.
adj.†;
variance,
divergence,
repugnance.
unfitness
etc.
adj.;
inaptitude,
impropriety;
inapplicability
etc.
adj.;
inconsistency,
inconcinnity†;
irrelevancy
etc.
(irrelation)
10.
misjoining†,
misjoinder†;
syncretism†,
intrusion,
interference;
concordia discors [Lat.].
fish out of water.
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Dutch: gekibbel, gekrakeel
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