Absurdity vs Drivel - What's the difference?

absurdity | drivel |

As nouns the difference between absurdity and drivel

is that absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance while drivel is senseless talk; nonsense.

As a verb drivel is

to have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

absurdity

English

Noun

(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.

(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.

* His travels were full of absurdities . - Johnson

(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.

* The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. -

Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."

References

drivel

English

Noun

(-)

senseless talk; nonsense

saliva, drool

(obsolete) A fool; an idiot.

(Sir Philip Sidney)

(obsolete) A servant; a drudge.

(Huloet)

Verb

To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly.

To be weak or foolish; to dote.

This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.

(Dryden)

Synonyms

* To have saliva drip from the mouth : drool * To talk nonsense : See also .