skirt vs quibble

quibble vs skirt

skirt and quibble both are nouns.

skirt and quibble both are verbs.

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

As verbs, quibble is a hyponym of skirt; that is, quibble is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than skirt:

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

Other hyponyms of skirt include beg.

skirt (noun)	quibble (noun)
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women	an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
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

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

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