Instruct vs Mumble - What's the difference?
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(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
* Chapman
(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
(intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
* Shakespeare
* Otway
To chew something gently with closed lips.
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.
A low tone of voice.
Instruct is a related term of mumble.
As verbs the difference between instruct and mumble
is that instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions while mumble is (intransitive) to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.As nouns the difference between instruct and mumble
is that instruct is (label) instruction while mumble is a quiet or unintelligible vocalization.As an adjective instruct
is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.instruct
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Verb
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* guideAdjective
(-)- (Milton)
mumble
English
Verb
- Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
- Peace, you mumbling fool.
- A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* mumblage * mumblecore * mumblenews * mumbler * mumblety pegNoun
(en noun)- All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
- ''He spoke in a mumble .
