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Articulate vs Blabber - What's the difference?

articulate | blabber |

As nouns the difference between articulate and blabber

is that articulate is an animal of the subkingdom Articulata while blabber is a person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.

As verbs the difference between articulate and blabber

is that articulate is to make clear or effective while blabber is to blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.

As an adjective articulate

is clear, effective.

articulate

English

(Articulation)

Etymology 1

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • clear, effective
  • especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner
  • able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals
  • Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
  • * 1728 , James Knapton and John Knapton, Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , page 146:
  • Brutes cannot form articulate'' Sounds, cannot ''articulate the Sounds of the Voice, excepting some few Birds, as the Parrot, Pye, &c.
    Synonyms
    * (good at speaking) eloquent, well-spoken

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
  • Etymology 2

    From the adjective.

    Verb

    (articulat)
  • To make clear or effective.
  • To speak clearly; to enunciate.
  • I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
  • To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
  • I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
  • To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
  • an articulated bus
  • (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
  • Articulate that passage heavily.
  • (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints
  • The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
  • (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
  • (Shakespeare)
    Derived terms
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    blabber

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.
  • * 2014 , Richard Szweda, Silenius' Gift
  • He blabbered away about how he knew where some treasure was hidden and he would tell us if only we would swear to save his life.
  • To blab; to let out a secret.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.
  • Anagrams

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