Criticize and Nitpick

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Criticize verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.

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Nitpick and criticize are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nitpick" instead a verb "Criticize".

Nitpick verb - To make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant.

Usage example: her husband nitpicks about everything: from how she puts the plates away to how she files the bills

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Criticize and nitpick are semantically related. You can use "Criticize" instead a verb "Nitpick".

To paraphrase Gene on one talk show, "I would rather watch Hannah and Her Sisters every day for the rest of my life than a bad movie ever again", essentially to counter the point that critics love to see movies for an opportunity to nitpick and criticize (as he had adored Allen's film).

Source: Series / Siskel & Ebert

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