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Narc vs Gossip - What's the difference?

narc | gossip |

As nouns the difference between narc and gossip

is that narc is (slang) a narcotics squad police officer or narc can be (slang) (spy) while gossip is someone who likes to talk about someone else’s private or personal business.

As verbs the difference between narc and gossip

is that narc is (slang) or narc can be (slang) to suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (eg while scuba diving) while gossip is to talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.

narc

English

(wikipedia narc)

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A narcotics squad police officer.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternate spelling of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) (spy)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang)
    • “If you narc on me, I’ll rip your arms off”, said Tim to his little brother, as he passed him a cigarette.

    See also

    * stool pigeon

    Etymology 3

    Short for "narcosis", etymologically related to the first etymology (from "narcotics officer") but instead referring to the medical condition of nitrogen narcosis rather than to narcotics.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (e.g. while scuba diving).

    • Anagrams

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    gossip

    English

    (wikipedia gossip)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who likes to talk about someone else’s private or personal business.
  • Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
  • *
  • *:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
  • A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
  • *
  • *:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracydistilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
  • (lb) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother.
  • *(John Selden) (1584-1654)
  • *:Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip , in her place send her kitchen maid, 'twould be ill taken.

    • Synonyms

    * scuttle-butt * See also

    Verb

  • To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.
  • To talk idly.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, talk about someone else's private or personal business) blab, talk out of turn, tell tales out of school

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