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Grapevine vs Rumours - What's the difference?

grapevine | rumours |

As a noun grapevine

is the plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

As a verb rumours is

third-person singular of rumour.

grapevine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The plant, a vine of genus Vitis , on which grapes grow.
  • :
  • A rumor.
  • An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
  • :
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
  • (lb) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.

    • Synonyms

    * (informal person-to-person means of circulating information) bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, rumor mill

    Derived terms

    * grapevine knot * grapevine moth * grapevine weevil * hear something through the grapevine

    rumours

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rumour)

    • rumour

    English

    (wikipedia rumour)

    Noun

  • * Episode 16
    • Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
  • * 1599 , , JC II. iv. 18:
    • Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.