cavil vs quibble

cavil and quibble both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cavil	Yes	No	Yes	No
quibble	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cavil and quibble are synonyms defined as:

cavil and quibble: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

Other synonyms of cavil include quiddity.

cavil (noun)	quibble (noun)
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections	an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

cavil (verb)	quibble (verb)
raise trivial objections	argue over petty things
	evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections