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Mumble vs Squawk - What's the difference?

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Mumble is a related term of squawk.


As verbs the difference between mumble and squawk

is that mumble is (intransitive) to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate while squawk is to make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.

As nouns the difference between mumble and squawk

is that mumble is a quiet or unintelligible vocalization while squawk is a shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.

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 .

    squawk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.
  • (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
  • (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
  • The American night heron.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
  • *
  • The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
  • To speak out; to protest.
  • To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
  • (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code.