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Pernickety Vs Finickity
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They both mean 'fussy', 'meticulous' and 'particular'. Why do such strange sounding words mean the same thing?!
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Finickity. Adjective. (comparative more finickity, superlative most finickity) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details; meticulous and particular.
Pernickety. placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. difficult to please, difficult, finicky, over-fastidious, fastidious, over-particular, particular, faddish, finical, dainty, punctilious, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding, critical, overcritical; More
requiring a particularly precise or careful approach.
Finicky. (of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements.
"a finicky eater"
fussy, fastidious, punctilious, over-particular, hard to please, overcritical, difficult, awkward, exacting, demanding, perfectionist; showing or requiring great attention to detail.
Pernickety. placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. difficult to please, difficult, finicky, over-fastidious, fastidious, over-particular, particular, faddish, finical, dainty, punctilious, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding, critical, overcritical; More
requiring a particularly precise or careful approach.
Finicky. (of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements.
"a finicky eater"
fussy, fastidious, punctilious, over-particular, hard to please, overcritical, difficult, awkward, exacting, demanding, perfectionist; showing or requiring great attention to detail.
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