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Release vs Babble - What's the difference?

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Release is a related term of babble.


In lang=en terms the difference between release and babble

is that release is to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back while babble is to disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

As nouns the difference between release and babble

is that release is the event of setting (someone or something) free (eg hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms) while babble is idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

As verbs the difference between release and babble

is that release is to let go (of); to cease to hold or contain or release can be to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back while babble is to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles .

release

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) relaisser (variant of relascher).

Noun

(en noun)
  • The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
  • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
  • (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private.
  • Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
  • That which is released, untied or let go.
  • Derived terms
    * prerelease * release notes * release from requirement * software release * release process

    Verb

    (releas)
  • To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
  • To make available to the public.
  • To free or liberate; to set free.
  • To discharge.
  • (telephone) (of a call) To hang up.
  • (legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
  • To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
  • to release an ordinance
    (Hooker)
  • (soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 13, author=Sam Lyon, work=BBC
  • , title= Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal , passage=With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped around the post.}}
    Antonyms
    * hold

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (releas)
  • To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
  • babble

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  • * 1634 , John Milton, Comus, a Mask , line 823:
  • * "This is mere moral babble ."
  • Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
  • :* The babble of our young children. - .
  • A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
  • :* The babble of the stream. - .
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * astrobabble * econobabble * edu-babble * neurobabble * psychobabble * sociobabble * technobabble

    See also

    * babblement * babblery

    Verb

    (babbl)
  • To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles .
  • To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  • To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  • To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
  • :* In every babbling brook he finds a friend. - .
  • Hounds are said to babble,''' or to be '''babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
  • To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
  • :* These words he used to babble in all companies. - .
  • To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.