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Babbling vs Dabbling - What's the difference?

babbling | dabbling |

As nouns the difference between babbling and dabbling

is that 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 while dabbling is (gerund of dabble) an act in which something is dabbled in.

As verbs the difference between babbling and dabbling

is that babbling is while dabbling is .

babbling

English

(wikipedia babbling)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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

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    dabbling

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gerund of dabble) An act in which something is dabbled in
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