Dishearten vs. Quibble

Disheartenverb

(transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

Disheartenverb

To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

Disheartenverb

take away the enthusiasm of

Quibblenoun

(informal) A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.

Quibblenoun

(dated) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; a cavil.

Quibblenoun

(obsolete) A pun.

Quibbleverb

To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

Quibblenoun

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Quibblenoun

A pun; a low conceit.

Quibbleverb

To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

Quibbleverb

To pun; to practice punning.

Quibblenoun

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

Quibbleverb

evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

Quibbleverb

argue over petty things;