Mumble vs Bawl - What's the difference?
mumble | bawl |
(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.
As verbs the difference between mumble and bawl
is that mumble is to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate while bawl is to shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.As a noun mumble
is a quiet or unintelligible vocalization.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 .