Carp: alternatives and connections

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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One who cavils.

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One who cavils.

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

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

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One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.

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One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.

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To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

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The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; tr…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.