footling vs fiddling

footling and fiddling both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
footling	No	Yes	No	No
fiddling	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, footling and fiddling are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of footling include lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial.

footling (adjective)	fiddling (adjective)
(informal) small and of little importance	(informal) small and of little importance