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Fatuous vs Gibberish - What's the difference?

fatuous | gibberish |

As adjectives the difference between fatuous and gibberish

is that fatuous is obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness while gibberish is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

As a noun gibberish is

speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

fatuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
    • To compare the intelligence levels of men and women is itself fatuous .

    Usage notes

    * Refers especially to foolishness and disregard of reality.

    Synonyms

    * (obnoxiously stupid) childish, imbecilic, inane, insipid, puerile

    Related terms

    * fatuity * fatuously * fatuousness * infatuate

    gibberish

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless
  • * Hawthorne
    • Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.
  • needlessly obscure or overly technical language

    • Synonyms

    * gibber * See also

    See also

    * double Dutch * framis * gobbledygook, gobbledegook * galimatias * jargon * mumbo jumbo * nonsense * rhubarb rhubarb

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

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