Babble vs Murmuring - What's the difference?

Babble is a synonym of murmuring.

is that babble is idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle while murmuring is a sound that murmurs.

is that babble is to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles while murmuring is .

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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. - .

* See also

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

(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.

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(en noun)

A sound that murmurs.

the murmurings of trees in the wind

A complaint against something.

* Bible, Philippians 2:14

Do all things without murmurings and disputings.

* (Maria Edgeworth)

When Mrs. Churchill's orders were made known, they caused many secret marvellings and murmurings .