nitpicking

  1. Noun.  The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
  2. Noun.  (figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.

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