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Mumbled vs Garbled - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between mumbled and garbled

is that mumbled is past tense of mumble while garbled is past tense of garble.

As an adjective garbled is

(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled.

mumbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mumble)

    • 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 .

    garbled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (garble)

    • Synonyms

    * confused * disconnected * disjointed * disordered * distorted * illogical * mixed up * scattered * unconnected

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