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Babbling vs Mumble - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between babbling and mumble

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 mumble is a quiet or unintelligible vocalization.

As verbs the difference between babbling and mumble

is that babbling is while mumble is (intransitive) to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.

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

    • Verb

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    mumble

    English

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
    • Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Peace, you mumbling fool.
  • * Otway
    • A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
  • To chew something gently with closed lips.

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    Derived terms

    * mumblage * mumblecore * mumblenews * mumbler * mumblety peg

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.
    • All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
  • A low tone of voice.
    • ''He spoke in a mumble .