Niggle vs. Wiggle: What's the Difference?

To cause one to be persistently preoccupied, annoyed, or uncomfortable

To move back and forth with quick irregular motions

To pester someone or be annoying or uncomfortable in a persistent way

To move or proceed with a twisting or turning motion; wriggle

To be overly concerned or argumentative, especially about something petty; fuss

To insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means

To preoccupy, annoy, make uncomfortable in a persistent way

To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions

To pester or nag (someone).

To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wiggling

A minor complaint or problem.

A wiggling movement or course.

(obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.

To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.

To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.

(transitive) To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.

(figurative) An alternating state or characteristic. en

(intransitive) To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.

(in the plural) See wiggles.

To fidget, fiddle, be restless.

To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.

To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

Act of wiggling; a wriggle.

To trifle or play.

The act of wiggling

To act or walk mincingly.

Move to and fro;

To fret and snarl about trifles.

To move about restlessly or without result; to fidget.

To be finicky or excessively critical; to potter; esp., to work with excessive care for trifling details, as in painting.

To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.

To elaborate excessively, as in art.

Worry unnecessarily or excessively;

Argue over petty things;