Babble vs Garble - What's the difference?
babble | garble |
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.
(obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.
To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
To make false by mutilation or addition
(obsolete) refuse; rubbish
(obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between babble and garble
is that babble is idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle while garble is refuse; rubbish.As verbs the difference between babble and garble
is that babble is to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles while garble is to sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.babble
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Noun
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* 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.
garble
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Verb
- The editor garbled the story.
Derived terms
* garbley gookNoun
(en noun)- (Wolcott)
