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Rumour vs Babble - What's the difference?

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Rumour is a related term of babble.


As nouns the difference between rumour and babble

is that rumour is while babble is idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

As a verb babble is

to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles .

rumour

English

(wikipedia rumour)

Noun

  • * Episode 16
  • Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide
  • * '>citation
  • (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.

    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.