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Napoleonponapa Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

What is the differences of phrase " nitpicking, faulfinding, and carping"?

!) he is a faulfinding man.
2) he is a nitpicking man.
2) he is a carping man.
what is the difference among them? which one is mostly used in daily conversation? thanks
  

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Faultfinding is just what it says - someone who looks for faults in someone else, rather than looking for their virtues. A nitpicker in the old days is someone who combed through someone else's hair (usually a child's hair), find and remove the microscopic eggs of lice. So it translates today of someone who has the unwelcome habit of finding the tiniest of defects and pointing them out.

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  • Faultfinding is just what it says - someone who looks for faults in someone else, rather than looking for their virtues.
  • A nitpicker in the old days is someone who combed through someone else's hair (usually a child's hair), find and remove the microscopic eggs of lice.
  • So it translates today of someone who has the unwelcome habit of finding the tiniest of defects and pointing them out.
  • Carp is more general - it means to complain loudly and continuously.
  • The reason for complaints can be someone else's faults or bad habits.
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Faultfinding is just what it says - someone who looks for faults in someone else, rather than looking for their virtues.

A nitpicker in the old days is someone who combed through someone else's hair (usually a child's hair), find and remove the microscopic eggs of lice.
So it translates today of someone who has the unwelcome habit of finding the tiniest of defects and pointing them
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