Rumour vs Babble - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
* 1599 , , JC II. iv. 18:
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. - .
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. - .
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.
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
- Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide
- Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.
babble
English
Noun
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* See alsoDerived terms
* astrobabble * econobabble * edu-babble * neurobabble * psychobabble * sociobabble * technobabbleSee also
* babblement * babbleryVerb
(babbl)- Hounds are said to babble,''' or to be '''babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.