Noun

• S: (n) bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss (a quarrel about petty points)

Verb

• S: (v) quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble (argue over petty things) "Let's not quibble over pennies"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) argue, contend, debate, fence (have an argument about something)
• S: (v) stickle (dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points))
• S: (v) spar (fight verbally) "They were sparring all night"
• S: (v) quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble (argue over petty things) "Let's not quibble over pennies"
• S: (v) quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate (have a disagreement over something) "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
• S: (v) oppose (be against; express opposition to) "We oppose the ban on abortion"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame