Prattle vs Blabber - What's the difference?
prattle | blabber |
(ambitransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.
Silly, childish, talk; babble.
* c. 1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice , Act I, scene I, line 27
To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.
* 2014 , Richard Szweda, Silenius' Gift
To blab; to let out a secret.
As verbs the difference between prattle and blabber
is that prattle is (ambitransitive) to speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble while blabber is to blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.As nouns the difference between prattle and blabber
is that prattle is silly, childish, talk; babble while blabber is a person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.prattle
English
Verb
(prattl)Derived terms
* prattler * prattlinglyNoun
(-)- Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoReferences
* prattle'', in ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000)Anagrams
* *blabber
English
Verb
(en verb)- He blabbered away about how he knew where some treasure was hidden and he would tell us if only we would swear to save his life.
