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Prattle vs Blither - What's the difference?

prattle | blither |

As verbs the difference between prattle and blither

is that prattle is to speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble while blither is to talk foolishly; to blather.

As a noun prattle

is silly, childish, talk; babble.

As an adjective blither is

comparative of blithe.

prattle

English

Verb

(prattl)
  • (ambitransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.

    • Derived terms

    * prattler * prattlingly

    Noun

    (-)
  • Silly, childish, talk; babble.
  • * c. 1603 , William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice , Act I, scene I, line 27
    • Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    References

    * prattle'', in ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000)

    Anagrams

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    blither

    English

    Etymology 1

    Related to (blithe)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (blithe)

    • Etymology 2

    A variant of (blether), from (blather).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to talk foolishly; to blather
    • Derived terms
    * blithering

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