Difference between Trivial and Petty

TRIVIAL vs PETTY: NOUN

One of the three liberal arts which constitute the trivium.
A coefficient or other quantity not containing the quantities of the set considered.
One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

A junior scholar in a grammar-school; a little child attending school.
Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

Concerned with trivialities
The specific name.
Of or pertaining to the trivium.
Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry.
Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
Found anywhere; common.
Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case; self-evident.
Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in which every variable is equal to zero.
Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial.
Of little significance or value.
Obvious and dull
Not large enough to consider or notice
Of little substance or significance
(informal terms) small and of little importance
Common, ordinary.
(informal) small and of little importance
Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
Pertaining to the trivium.
Self-evident.
Concerned with or involving trivia.
Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.

(informal) small and of little importance
Inferior in rank or status
Narrow-minded, small-minded.
Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
A subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
Money expended or received in small items or amounts.
See under Average.
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate
Of lesser importance or rank; subordinate.
Narrow-minded or ungenerous, especially in trifling matters.
Of small importance; trivial: : trivial.
(informal terms) small and of little importance
Contemptibly narrow in outlook

In echinoderms, specifically, of or pertaining to the trivium: as, the trivial (anterior) ambulacra of a sea-urchin.
Specific; not generic: noting what used to be called the nomen triviale—that is, the second or specific term in the binomial technical name of an animal or a plant, such terms being often adopted or adapted from a popular name or epithet.
Such as may be found everywhere; commonplace; ordinary; vulgar.
Trifling; insignificant; of little worth or importance; paltry.
Occupying one's self with trifles; trifling.
Of or pertaining to the trivium, or the first three liberal arts—grammar, rhetoric, and logic; hence, initiatory; rudimentary.
In zoology and botany: Common; popular; vernacular; not technical: noting the popular or familiar names of animals or plants, as distinguished from the technical New Latin names.

Inferior as regards rank, power, capacity, possessions, etc.; not of great importance, standing, or rank: as, a petty prince; a petty proprietor.
Of minor importance or gravity; not heinous or serious: as, petty trespass; a petty crime.
Small; little; trifling; trivial; inconsiderable or insignificant; of little account: as, petty payments; a petty quarrel.

Fiddling, Niggling, Ordinary, Inconsiderable, Commonplace, Piffling, Superficial, Piddling, Frivolous, Petty, Footling, Picayune, Banal, Insignificant, Unimportant

Fiddling, Lilliputian, Narrow, Small, Little, Niggling, Lowly, Subordinate, Piffling, Footling, Subaltern, Piddling, Unimportant, Picayune, Trivial

Fiddling, Niggling, Ordinary, Inconsiderable, Commonplace, Piffling, Superficial, Piddling, Frivolous, Petty, Footling, Picayune, Banal, Insignificant, Unimportant

Fiddling, Lilliputian, Narrow, Small, Little, Niggling, Lowly, Subordinate, Piffling, Footling, Subaltern, Piddling, Unimportant, Picayune, Trivial

Just how trivial is that piece of me?
Way to bully publishers over something so trivial.
Indeed, I am quickly assigned several trivial tasks.
CPUs and my problem was trivial to parallelize.
It is the snobbishness of the young to suppose that a theorem is trivial because the proof is trivial.
Many many many years later, I still often make the mistake of assuming things that look trivial to me are also trivial to others.
What we found also is that they had a shortfall, and it seems trivial but it is not trivial, of personnel specialists.
While deploying Azure AD Directory Synchronization is generally a trivial exercise, establishing and maintaining a highly available ADFS infrastructure is not trivial.
What trivial, trivial stuff, interesting to hardly a soul under heaven, save only about three!
It is very trivial stuff, and when not trivial usually false.

Was last seen in: the Mirror Quick petty cash is often used to mean a naval petty crossword.
Th e Navy NCO equivalent, petty officer, is achieved at the rank of petty offi cer third class.
Tell them this hardly to be considered petty, your marriage was not petty.
Ryan Petty, father of Parkland victim Alaina Petty, said safety is paramount.
Petty Monroe Petty Music Youth Secretary Janitor Mrs.
Used when requesting a new Petty Cash Fund, to increase an existing Petty Cash Fund and Annual Petty Cash Fund certifications.
The petty cashier prepares a statement of petty cash expenditure and sends it along with all petty cash receipts to the cash department.
Bryan, Petty Officer Bassett, Petty Officer Pringle, Andrew Stewart, LT Morean, Petty Officer Beman, Officer Tangonan.
If the business has petty cash, a separate petty cash book should be maintained, detailing payments made out of petty cash.
Petty cash procedures for petty cash accounting and keeping a petty cash log or petty cash journal.