different between nitpick vs carp

English

Etymology

From nit +? pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t.p?k/

Verb

nitpick (third-person singular simple present nitpicks, present participle nitpicking, simple past and past participle nitpicked)

1. (figuratively) To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details.

   Synonyms: cavil, flyspeck
2. (archaic, literally) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• nitpicker
• nit-picking
• nitpickish
• nitpicky

Translations

See also

• quibble
• split hairs

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??p/
• Rhymes: -??(r)p

Etymology 1

From Middle English carpe, from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *???????????????????? (*karpa).

Noun

carp (plural carp or carps)

1. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• koi

Etymology 2

From Old Norse karpa (“to boast, brag”), karp (“bragging”); meaning later changed to "find fault with, carp at" due to influence of Latin carpo.

Verb

carp (third-person singular simple present carps, present participle carping, simple past and past participle carped)

1. To complain about a fault; to harp on.
2. (obsolete) To say; to tell.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To find fault with; to censure.
   • 27 December 1591, Edmund Spenser, letter to Sir Walter Raleigh

     and with your good countenance protect against the malice of evil mouths, which are always wide open to carp at and misconstrue my simple meaning

   • My honest homely Words were carp'd, and censur'd

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ACPR, APCR, CRAP, RCAP, crap, parc, prac

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (karpós, “wrist”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ka?p/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?karp/

Noun

carp m (plural carps)

1. carpus

Related terms

• carpià

Further reading

• “carp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

From French carpe

Noun

carp n (uncountable)

1. carpus

Declension