| quibble(verb, dispute, shift, disagree, hedge) |
| cavil(verb, shift, wrangle, carp, waffle) |
| chop logic |
| discriminate(verb, separate, understand, distinguish, comprehend) |
| equivocate(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| nit-pick(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| differentiate(verb, separate, distinguish, distinction, discern) |
| evade(verb, dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle) |
| fence(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| nitpick(verb, dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate) |
| pick nits |
| prevaricate(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| refine a distinction(verb, expression, idiom) |
| sever(verb, separate, understand, distinguish, comprehend) |
| shift(dispute, avoid, hedge, wrangle, carp) |
| subtilize |
| bicker(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, waffle) |
| contradistinguish |
| demarcate(verb, separate, understand, distinguish, comprehend) |
| difference |