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Splitting hairs

Synonyms for "splitting hairs" (80 found)

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Informal (9)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(5 words)

shift fence sort sieve quibble

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Verb, slang(1 words)

General use (71)

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

separate select segregate chop logic

Noun, verb(12 words)

change divide difference shuffle vary boggle differentiate bicker winnow sidestep cavil pussyfoot

Name, noun, verb(4 words)

screen hedge sift parry

Adj, verb(3 words)

obscure discriminate individuate

Verb(39 words)

set off pick out set apart distinguish analyze atomize evade modify mark off sever diversify specialize disjoin demarcate beat about mark out subdivide mystify anatomize equivocate

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particularize personalize tergiversate prevaricate palter subtilize beat around the bush draw the line nitpick individualize blow hot and cold beg the question severalize screen out sift out contradistinguish sieve out desynonymize disequalize

Adj, noun(1 words)

Name, verb(1 words)

evade the issue around the bush pick nits make a distinction refine a distinction mark the interface set a limit

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