different between evade vs quibble

English

Etymology

From Middle French évader, from Latin ?v?d? (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ? (“out of, from”) + v?d? (“I go; walk”). See also wade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ve?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Verb

evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)

1. (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
   • 1847, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

     The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.

   • 2004 "Moving Through Other Characters", GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns, page 368

     “Evading” is moving through ground occupied by an opponent without trying to knock him down. You can attempt this as part of any maneuver that allows movement, provided you can move fast enough to go past your foe – not just up to him.

   • 2007 "Obstruction", GURPS Martial Arts, page 106

     If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p. B368) and you have a melee weapon that can parry, you may roll against weapon skill instead of DX in the Contest. You keep him from evading if you win or tie

2. (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

   • Evading from perils.
3. (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

   • The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.

Synonyms

(cleverly escape from):

• equivocate
• shuffle
• dodge
• end-run
• sidestep
• give the go-by
• give someone the runaround

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• prevaricate

Anagrams

• eaved

Italian

Verb

evade

1. third-person singular present indicative of evadere

Latin

Verb

?v?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?v?d?

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?vade/

Verb

evade

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ad?i

Verb

evade

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of evadir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of evadir

Spanish

Verb

evade

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of evadir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of evadir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of evadir.

English

Etymology

quib +? -le. Quib is probably from Latin quibus (“in what respect? how?”), which appeared frequently in legal documents and came to be suggestive of the verbosity and petty argumentation found therein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?b?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

quibble (plural quibbles)

1. (now rare) A pun. [from 17th c.]
   • 1864, Robert Kemp Philp (editor), The Family Friend (page 54)

     Is it a quibble, or play upon words?
2. An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. [from 17th c.]
   • Quibbles […] have no place in the search after truth.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dispute

Translations

Verb

quibble (third-person singular simple present quibbles, present participle quibbling, simple past and past participle quibbled)

1. (informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

   They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:squabble

Translations

References