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Talkative vs Yackety - What's the difference?

talkative | yackety |

As adjectives the difference between talkative and yackety

is that talkative is tending to talk a lot while yackety is (informal) talkative, garrulous.

talkative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to talk a lot.
  • Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

    • Synonyms

    * chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, outgoing, talksome * long-winded, logorrheic, verbose * indiscreet, outspoken * See also

    Antonyms

    * dour, monosyllabic, sullen, withdrawn * laconic, taciturn, terse, uncommunicative * mute, quiet, silent

    Derived terms

    * talkativeness

    yackety

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) talkative, garrulous
  • * 2009 , David L. Thomas, A Teacher's Gift (page 33)
    • I don't remember why I was in such a yackety mood. My mouth was obviously going much faster than my brain's ability to keep up!
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 25, author=Dwight Garner, title=Dispatches From the Streets: The Grim Particulars of Homelessness, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But Mr. Eighner was such an agreeably yackety companion that his plight sometimes felt abstract. }}

    Related terms

    * yackety-yak