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Babel vs Hullabaloo - What's the difference?

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Babel is a related term of hullabaloo.


As nouns the difference between babel and hullabaloo

is that babel is while hullabaloo is an uproar or fuss.

babel

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
  • :* Therefore is the name of it called Babel . - Gen. xi. 9.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
  • * 2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge 2008, p. 48:
    • A babel of languages could be heard in the streets and the squares, mingling with the local Provençal.
  • A place or scene of noise and confusion.
  • A tall, looming structure.

    • Derived terms

    * Babel fish * Babelesque * Babelian * Babelish * tower of Babel * Tower of Babel

    See also

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    hullabaloo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An uproar or fuss.
    • They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
  • * 1902 —
    • Certainly they had brought with them some rotten hippo–meat, which couldn’t have lasted very long, anyway, even if the pilgrims hadn’t, in the midst of a shocking hullabaloo , thrown a considerable quantity of it overboard.

    Synonyms

    * ado * fuss * hype * to-do * uproar *