Babble vs Babbling - What's the difference?
babble | babbling | Synonyms |
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. - .
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. - .
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.
(uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
(countable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
Babble is a synonym of babbling.
As nouns the difference between babble and babbling
is that babble is idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle while babbling is (uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words.As verbs the difference between babble and babbling
is that babble is to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles while babbling is .babble
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* astrobabble * econobabble * edu-babble * neurobabble * psychobabble * sociobabble * technobabbleSee also
* babblement * babbleryVerb
(babbl)- Hounds are said to babble,''' or to be '''babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.