quibble vs skirt

skirt vs quibble

quibble and skirt both are nouns.

quibble and skirt both are verbs.

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

As verbs, skirt is a hypernym of quibble; that is, skirt is a word with a broader meaning than quibble:

quibble: evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
skirt: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Other hypernyms of quibble include circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep.

quibble (noun)	skirt (noun)
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections	a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
	cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
	informal terms for a (young) woman
	(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

quibble (verb)	skirt (verb)
argue over petty things	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections	extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
	pass around or about; move along the border
	form the edge of

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