Fault and Nitpick

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

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

Nearby Words: faulty, faultless, faulted, faulting, faultily

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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Fault and nitpick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fault" instead a verb "Nitpick".

If I wanted to nitpick, I'd say its one 'fault' is that it's rather indulgent with the bromance between Sherlock and John; they're much closer friends (but this is NOT pre-slash/slash, just to be clear) here than they were, or ever will be, in canon.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Sherlock

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