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Announcement vs Babble - What's the difference?

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Announcement is a related term of babble.


As nouns the difference between announcement and babble

is that announcement is an act of announcing, or giving notice while babble is idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

As a verb babble is

to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles .

announcement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of announcing, or giving notice.
  • ''He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."
  • That which conveys what is announced.
  • This announcement was made during the first training session.
  • The content which is announced.
  • The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

    Synonyms

    * proclamation * publication

    References

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    babble

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  • * 1634 , John Milton, Comus, a Mask , line 823:
  • * "This is mere moral babble ."
  • Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
  • :* The babble of our young children. - .
  • A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
  • :* The babble of the stream. - .
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * astrobabble * econobabble * edu-babble * neurobabble * psychobabble * sociobabble * technobabble

    See also

    * babblement * babblery

    Verb

    (babbl)
  • To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles .
  • To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  • To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  • To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
  • :* In every babbling brook he finds a friend. - .
  • Hounds are said to babble,''' or to be '''babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
  • To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
  • :* These words he used to babble in all companies. - .
  • To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.