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2. shade of difference, distinction, differentiation, point of difference, nuance, subtlety, refinement, hairline.
3. niceties refinements, graces, amenities, comforts, creature comforts; luxuries, the good things in life, gratifications, pleasures, the little pleasures that make life worth living.
4. to a nicety precisely, exactly, meticulously; to the letter, to a turn, to a hair.

niche, n. recess, alcove, cove, nook, cranny, hole, pigeonhole, cubby, cubbyhole, corner, Fr. coin, private spot or place.

nick, n. 1. notch, groove, hole, gouge; cut, incision, slit, split, score, gash, slash; indentation, indent, dent, dint, hollow, depression; scrape, scratch, scarification, chip, flaw, defect, mark, spot, blemish, defacement.
2. in the nick of time just in time, not a moment too soon.
-v. 3. notch, groove, gouge, cut a hole in, make a cut in, chip; cut into, incise, slit, split, score, gash, slash; dent, dint, put a dent in, push or press in; scrape, scratch, scarify, mark, flaw, spot, blemish, mar, deface.
4. hit, bump, bruise, damage slightly; injure, hurt, wound.
5. defraud, cheat, rook, victimize, Archaic, chouse, skin, fleece, bilk, swindle, Inf. take; fool, cozen, dupe, delude, take in, throw dust in the eyes of, pull the wool over the eyes of, Inf. slip or sneak [s.t.] by, Inf. pull a fast one on; hoodwink, trick, bamboozle, outwit, overreach; humbug, gammon, bluff, juggle, Inf flimflam; impose upon, use, take for a ride, Inf rope [s.o.] in, Inf. throw a curve, mislead, lead [s.o.] down the garden path; Inf. fast-talk, Inf. flam, Inf. hype, Inf. jive, Sl. con, Sl. sucker in.

nickel, n. coin, five-cent piece, five cents, Sl. blip,

nickname, n. 1. sobriquet, agnomen, cognomen, byname, moniker, handle; familiar name, pet name, diminutive, epithet, Chiefly Scot. to-name.
-v. 2. give a nickname to, call by a nickname.
3. miscall, misname, call by a wrong name,

nictitate, v. wink, blink, Inf. bat or bat one's eyes, flutter one's eyelashes,

niggard, n. miser, skinflint, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pincher, pinchpenny, lickpenny, Inf. tightwad; cheese-paier, hoarder, save-all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Har-pagon, money-grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks.

niggardliness, n. 1. parsimony, miserliness, penuriousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight-fistedness, closefistedness, closeness, closehandedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness.
2. scrimpiness, shabbiness, grudgingness, begrudg-ingness, skimpiness, unwillingness to part with a nickel, ungenerousness, ungenerosity; frugality, spareness, chariness.
3. graspingness, avidity, avarice, avariciousness, greed, cupidity, rapacity, rapaciousness, tenacity, covetousness; mercenariness, venality, usuriousness, usury, extortion, sordidness; selfishness, hard-heartedness, unyieldingness, misanthropy.

niggardly, adj. 1. stingy, parsimonious, miserly, carking, skinflinty; mean, tight, tight-fisted, close-fisted; cheap, Sl. chintzy, moneygrubbing, grasping; penurious, Rare, illiberal, cheeseparing; scrimping, penny-pinching, grudging, begrudging, ungenerous, stinting, reluctant or unwilling to give; thrifty, frugal, sparing, chary; economical, prudent, saving, penny-wise.
2. scanty, meager, skimpy, scrimpy, scant; meanly small, beggarly, paltry, poor, piddling, Inf. measly,