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Exclaim vs Jabber - What's the difference?

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Exclaim is a related term of jabber.


As verbs the difference between exclaim and jabber

is that exclaim is (lb) to cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion while jabber is (label) to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.

As nouns the difference between exclaim and jabber

is that exclaim is (obsolete) exclamation; outcry, clamor while jabber is rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.

exclaim

English

Alternative forms

* exclame

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
  • *
  • *:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
  • * 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
    • Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].

    jabber

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
  • (label) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.}}

    Noun

    (-)
  • Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
    • (Jonathan Swift)