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Prattle vs Claver - What's the difference?

prattle | claver |

As verbs the difference between prattle and claver

is that prattle is (ambitransitive) to speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble while claver is to gossip or chit-chat.

As nouns the difference between prattle and claver

is that prattle is silly, childish, talk; babble while claver is (uk|scotland|dialect) frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter or claver can be .

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)

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    claver

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter
  • * Thackeray
    • Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to gossip or chit-chat

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
    • (Holland)

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