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Canard vs Gossipy - What's the difference?

canard | gossipy |

As a noun canard

is a false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

As an adjective gossipy is

prone to gossip.

canard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
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    • It’s a cinch, now that Spurling has cleared away a century’s worth of misapprehensions and canards .
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  • (aeronautics) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
  • (transport, engineering) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.

    • Synonyms

    * (false or misleading report or story) hoax

    gossipy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Prone to gossip.