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Prate vs Drate - What's the difference?

prate | drate |

As verbs the difference between prate and drate

is that prate is to talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble while drate is simple past of drite.

As a noun prate

is talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

prate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

    • Derived terms

    * prater * pratingly * prattle * prattler

    Verb

    (prat)
  • To talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
  • * Dryden
    • What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate , / When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate!

    Synonyms

    * blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prattle, twaddle

    References

    * (etymology) prate'', in ''Compact Oxford English Dictionary . * (etymolohy) prate'', in ''The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language .

    Anagrams

    * ----

    drate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * drait

    Verb

    (head)
  • (drite)

    • References

    * “ drite, v. ]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989

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