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Gibberish vs Mumble - What's the difference?

gibberish | mumble |

As nouns the difference between gibberish and mumble

is that gibberish is speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless while mumble is a quiet or unintelligible vocalization.

As an adjective gibberish

is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

As a verb mumble is

to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.

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

    • References

    mumble

    English

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
    • Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Peace, you mumbling fool.
  • * Otway
    • A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
  • To chew something gently with closed lips.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * mumblage * mumblecore * mumblenews * mumbler * mumblety peg

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.
    • All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
  • A low tone of voice.
    • ''He spoke in a mumble .