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Malarkey vs Prattle - What's the difference?

malarkey | prattle |

Prattle is a synonym of malarkey.



As nouns the difference between malarkey and prattle

is that malarkey is nonsense; rubbish while prattle is silly, childish, talk; babble.

As a verb prattle is

to speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.

malarkey

English

Alternative forms

* mallarky * malarky * mullarkey

Noun

(-)
  • Nonsense; rubbish.
    • ''I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.

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    prattle

    English

    Verb

    (prattl)
  • (ambitransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.

    • Derived terms

    * prattler * prattlingly

    Noun

    (-)
  • Silly, childish, talk; babble.
  • * c. 1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice , Act I, scene I, line 27
    • Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.

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    References

    * prattle'', in ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000)

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