Slaver vs Drivel - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between slaver and drivel

is that slaver is to drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber while drivel is to have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

As nouns the difference between slaver and drivel

is that slaver is saliva running from the mouth; drool or slaver can be a person engaged in the slave trade while drivel is senseless talk; nonsense.

slaver

English

Etymology 1

From medieval English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from (etyl) slafra "to slaver", probably imitative

Verb

(en verb)

To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.

To fawn.

To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.

To be besmeared with saliva.

(Shakespeare)

Synonyms

* (emit saliva ): drool, slobber

Noun

(-)

saliva running from the mouth; drool

* Alexander Pope

Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.

Etymology 2

From the verb slave 'enslave, traffic in slaves'

Noun

(en noun)

a person engaged in the slave trade

white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'

(nautical) a ship used to transport slaves

References

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Anagrams

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drivel

English

Noun

(-)

senseless talk; nonsense

saliva, drool

(obsolete) A fool; an idiot.

(Sir Philip Sidney)

(obsolete) A servant; a drudge.

(Huloet)

Verb

To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly.

To be weak or foolish; to dote.

This drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.

(Dryden)

Synonyms

* To have saliva drip from the mouth : drool * To talk nonsense : See also .