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Gobbling vs Gabbling - What's the difference?

gobbling | gabbling |

As verbs the difference between gobbling and gabbling

is that gobbling is while gabbling is .

As nouns the difference between gobbling and gabbling

is that gobbling is the act of eating greedily and noisily while gabbling is rapid, confused speech.

gobbling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of eating greedily and noisily.
  • * 1994 , Gail Turley Houston, Consuming Fictions
  • Likewise, when Nell's grandfather badgers Nell to say publicly that she knows he loves her, Kit grotesquely announces his affirmation of their filial bond of affection in between gluttonous gobblings
  • The sound of a turkey.
  • * 1837 , The Western Messenger
  • The imitations of the gobblings and other sounds of wild turkeys, often brought this keen-eyed and ever watchful tenant of the forest within reach of the rifle.

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    gabbling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Rapid, confused speech.
  • the gabblings of a madman
  • * 1883: