exacting vs nitty

exacting

adj
  • Making great demands; difficult to satisfy. 

  • Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention. 

  • Characterized by exaction. 

nitty

adj
  • detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky. 

  • Foolish, inane. 

  • Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner. 

noun
  • A dope fiend, a druggie. 

How often have the words exacting and nitty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )