A quarrel about petty points.

synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, tiff.

Roget 713: disagreement etc. 24; discord, disaccord^†, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling etc. v.; screw loose.    variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie [Fr.]; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism etc. (dissent) 489; feud, faction.    quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie^†, squabble, altercation, barney [Slang], demel_e, snarl, spat, towrow^†, words, high words; wrangling etc. v.; jangle, brabble^†, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars.    polemics; litigation; strife etc. (contention) 720; warfare etc. 722; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war.    broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation^†; embroilment, embranglement^†, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work [Fr.], scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance etc. (disorder) 59; commotion etc. (agitation) 315; bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair.    subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli [Lat.]; question at issue etc. (subject of inquiry) 461; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], brand of discord.    troublous times^†; cat-and-dog life; contentiousness etc. adj.; enmity etc. 889; hate etc. 898; Kilkenny cats; disputant etc. 710; strange bedfellows.    ... show more

Dutch: gekibbel, gekrakeel

Argue over petty things.

synonyms: bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble.

Roget 713: be discordant etc. adj.; disagree, come amiss etc. 24; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent etc. 489; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with.    fall out, quarrel, dispute; litigate; controvert etc. (deny) 536; squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle^†, bicker, nag; spar etc. (contend) 720; have words etc. n.. with; fall foul of.    split; break with, break squares with, part company with; declare war, try conclusions; join issue, put in issue; pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on; sow dissension, stir up dissension etc. n.; embroil, entangle, disunite, widen the breach; set at odds, set together by the ears; set against, pit against.    get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl; kick up a row, kick up a dust; turn the house out of window.    ... show more

Dutch: harrewarren, rusiemaken, kibelen, twisten