finicky vs hair-splitting

finicky

adj
  • Demanding; requiring above-normal care. 

  • Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details. 

hair-splitting

noun
  • the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people. 

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