hair-splitting vs punctilious

hair-splitting

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

punctilious

adj
  • Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions. 

  • Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky. 

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