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Babel vs Babylon - What's the difference?

babel | babylon |

As proper nouns the difference between babel and babylon

is that babel is the city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible while Babylon is capital of Babylonia in the 2nd and 1st century BC.

As a noun Babel

is a confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.

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

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    babylon

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Capital of Babylonia in the 2nd and 1st century BC.
  • Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
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  • (Rastafarianism) Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.

    • Derived terms

    * Babylonia * Babylonian * Whore of Babylon ----