Rumours vs Rumors - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between rumours and rumors

is that rumours is third-person singular of rumour while rumors is third-person singular of rumor.

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Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide

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(obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.

* 1599 , , JC II. iv. 18:

Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.

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* rumour (UK, Commonwealth, International)

(US, countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.

(US, uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor .

* (piece of information) * (information) gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle

* rumor campaign * rumor has it

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(en verb)

(transitive, usually, used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

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