Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun word-splitting

1 sense of word-splitting

Sense 1
hairsplitting, word-splitting -- (making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously")
       => differentiation, distinction -- (a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation")