niggling vs footling

niggling and footling both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, niggling and footling are synonyms defined as:

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

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