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Mumble vs Dumble - What's the difference?

mumble | dumble |

As nouns the difference between mumble and dumble

is that mumble is a quiet or unintelligible vocalization while dumble is (uk|dialectal) a dale with a stream.

As a verb mumble

is (intransitive) to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.

mumble

English

Verb

  • (intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
    • Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Peace, you mumbling fool.
  • * Otway
    • A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
  • To chew something gently with closed lips.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * mumblage * mumblecore * mumblenews * mumbler * mumblety peg

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.
    • All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
  • A low tone of voice.
    • ''He spoke in a mumble .

    dumble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialectal) A dale with a stream
  • * 1859 John Blenkarn, British timber trees: a practical treatise on the raising, management, and value of British timber , G. Routledge, page 110:
    • When a stream runs in a deep dell, particularly in clay districts, the steep banks and stream form what are called a “dumble ” in Nottinghamshire.
  • * 1999 Paul A. Biggs & Sandra Biggs, Best Tea Shop Walks in Nottinghamshire , Sigma Leisure, page 106:
    • Lambley is famous for its ‘dumbles'.’ A '''dumble''' being a local name for a shallow dale with a stream. D.H. Lawrence is reputed to have enjoyed walking the Lambley ' Dumbles.
  • (slang) A stupid person.