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Tattles vs Tattler - What's the difference?

tattles | tattler |

As a verb tattles

is third-person singular of tattle.

As a noun tattler is

one who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.

tattles

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tattle)

    • tattle

    English

    Verb

  • (pejorative) To report others' wrongdoings or violations; to tell on somebody; to gossip or to disclose incriminating information.
  • To chatter.
  • * 1599 ,
    • BEATRICE. He were an excellent man that were made just in the mid-way between him and Benedick: the one is too like an image, and says nothing; and the other too like my lady's eldest son, evermore tattling .
  • * Dryden
    • the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative

    Synonyms

    * blow the whistle, rat on, sing, snitch, squeal * gossip; see also

    Noun

    (-)
  • A tattletale.
  • Gossip; idle talk.

    • Related terms

    * tattletale

    tattler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.
  • :My sister is a big tattler ; she always tells Mommy when I hit her!
  • Either of two similar bird species in the shorebird genus (Tringa in some taxonomies).
  • A device fitted to a vehicle to measure mileage etc.
  • * 1960 , Edward Hogland, The circle home
    • A few truck drivers griped drowsily about the tattlers in their cabs which graphed the mileage per hour per day.
  • * 2002 , National Association of EMS Physicians, Prehospital Systems and Medical Oversight (page 270)
    • Electronic monitors (black box, tattlers ) help to define the actions of the driver during normal and emergent operation of the EMS unit.

    Usage notes

    * The tattletale sense is generally applied only to children.

    Synonyms

    * (one who tattles) informant, narc, stool pigeon, tattletale * See also * (measuring device) tachograph

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns