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Chatting vs Talking - What's the difference?

chatting | talking |

As verbs the difference between chatting and talking

is that chatting is while talking is .

As nouns the difference between chatting and talking

is that chatting is talk; chatter while talking is the action of the verb talk .

chatting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • talk; chatter
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings , the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world

    talking

    English

    Noun

  • The action of the verb talk .
  • * , chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking ; just to watch was pleasant.}}
  • * Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?
    • He did not himself care for the loose little talkings , half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.

    Verb

    (head)