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Burble vs Mumble - What's the difference?

burble | mumble |

As nouns the difference between burble and mumble

is that burble is a bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek while mumble is a quiet or unintelligible vocalization.

As verbs the difference between burble and mumble

is that burble is to bubble; to gurgle while mumble is to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.

burble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
  • A gush of rapid speech.
  • The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.

    • Verb

  • To bubble; to gurgle.
  • To babble; to speak in an excited rush.
    • She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.

    References

    * (etymology) American Heritage Dictionary.

    Anagrams

    * * English onomatopoeias

    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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    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 .