(transitive) To make fine distinctions concerning. / (intransitive) To split hairs.

A fine distinction.

The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae.

present participle of hairsplit

plural of hairsplitting

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hairsplit

plural of hairsplit

A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).

plural of hairsplitter