HAIRSPLITTING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • making too fine distinctions of little importance
   Synonym(s)
   • word-splitting (what does word-splitting mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they didn”t take his hairsplitting seriously
   Hypernyms(s) hairsplitting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • differentiation (what does differentiation mean?)
   • distinction (what does distinction mean?)

HAIRSPLITTING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • developed in excessively fine detail
   Synonym(s)
   • finespun (what does finespun mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • finespun distinctions
   Similar To
   • precise (what does precise mean?)