Babbled vs Confused - What's the difference?
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(babble)
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.
(confuse)
(lb) unable to think clearly or understand
(lb) disoriented
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
making no sense; illogical
embarrassed
Babbled is a related term of confused.
As verbs the difference between babbled and confused
is that babbled is (babble) while confused is (confuse).As an adjective confused is
(lb) unable to think clearly or understand.babbled
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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.