chop+logic
51set apart — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, abscind, alienate, allocate, allot, amputate, analyze, anatomize, annihilate, appoint, appropriate to, assign, assign to, atomize, ban, bar, be characteristic, beatify, bless, bob, bolt, canonize, cast off,… …
52set off — Synonyms and related words: actuate, adjoin, adorn, allocate, allot, analogize, analyze, anatomize, appoint, appropriate to, array, assign, assign to, assimilate, atomize, atone for, backfire, balance, be at cross purposes, be off, be opposed to …
53specialize — Synonyms and related words: analyze, anatomize, assign, atomize, be into, be strong in, bound, change, chop logic, condition, confine, contain, copyright, denominate, descend to particulars, designate, desynonymize, detail, determine, difference …
54split hairs — Synonyms and related words: analyze, anatomize, around the bush, atomize, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, change, chop logic, choplogic, contradistinguish, demarcate, demark, desynonymize, difference, differentiate,… …
55argue — I. v. n. 1. Reason, plead, offer reasons, use arguments. 2. Dispute, debate, chop logic, try conclusions, bandy words or arguments, hold or carry on an argument. II. v. a. 1. Show, indicate, evince, denote, imply, infer, betoken, prove. 2. Debate …
56reason — I. n. 1. Intellect, mind, sense, understanding, rational faculty, conception, judgment, intuitional faculty, thinking principle, intellectual powers or faculties, discursive power or faculty. 2. Cause, ground, principle, motive, consideration,… …
57split hairs — you missed the point because you were so busy splitting hairs while you re splitting hairs over who s the better parent, no one is watching the kids Syn: quibble, cavil, carp, niggle, chop logic; informal nitpick; archaic pettifog …
58argue — v 1. debate, discuss, moot, bandy words, sift, Inf. kick around, Sl. hash over; quibble, cavil, nit pick, belabor a point, split hairs, chop logic; reason, ratiocinate, logicize, explain. 2. contend, dispute, disagree, contest, controvert, spar,… …
59bicker — v 1. wrangle, argue, altercate, jangle, dispute; quarrel, have words, Inf. row, Inf. scrap, squabble, spat, tiff; conflict, clash, lock horns, fight, battle, spar, fence, cross swords; disagree, fall out, jar, be at loggerheads, be at variance,… …
60nit-pick — v Informal. pettifog, split hairs, chop logic; carp, cavil, quibble, find fault, criticize, pick or tear apart, take apart in detail …
