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Stutter vs Jabber - What's the difference?

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Stutter is a related term of jabber.


As verbs the difference between stutter and jabber

is that stutter is (ambitransitive) to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds while jabber is (label) to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.

As nouns the difference between stutter and jabber

is that stutter is a speech disorder characterised by stuttering while jabber is rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.

stutter

English

(wikipedia stutter)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
    • He stuttered a few words of thanks.
  • To exhaust a gas with difficulty
    • The engine of the old car stuttered''' going up the slope. I was '''stuttering after the marathon .

    Synonyms

    * (speak with spasmodic repetition) stammer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
  • (obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * stammer

    Derived terms

    * covert stutter * pseudostuttering * stutterer English reporting verbs

    jabber

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
  • (label) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.}}

    Noun

    (-)
  • Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
    • (Jonathan Swift)