Gabbler vs Babbler - What's the difference?
gabbler | babbler |
Someone who babbles.
Any of several passerine birds, of the families Timaliidae'' (found in Asia, Africa) and ''Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
(dated) A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.
As nouns the difference between gabbler and babbler
is that gabbler is one who gabbles, or prates loquaciously on a trifling subject while babbler is someone who babbles.gabbler
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Usage notes
Note the differences implied between gabblers and other prattlers in translation of The Arabian Nights (at the end of the tailor's tale).Synonyms
* chatterer * jabbererReferences
* (Note the somewhat different definition.) * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.Anagrams
*babbler
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Noun
(en noun)- Great babblers , or talkers, are not fit for trust. — L'Estrange.
