rumor

As nouns the difference between rumor and myth

is that rumor is a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth while myth is a traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.

As a verb rumor

is to tell a rumor about; to gossip.

As nouns the difference between cancer and rumor

is that cancer is cancer while rumor is (us|countable) a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

As a verb rumor is

(transitive|usually|used in the passive voice) to tell a rumor about; to gossip.

As nouns the difference between narrative and rumor

is that narrative is the systematic recitation of an event or series of events while rumor is a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

As an adjective narrative

is telling a story.

As a verb rumor is

to tell a rumor about; to gossip.

As nouns the difference between description and rumor

is that description is a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species while rumor is a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

As a verb rumor is

to tell a rumor about; to gossip.

As nouns the difference between scandal and rumor

is that scandal is an incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved while rumor is (us|countable) a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

As verbs the difference between scandal and rumor

is that scandal is (obsolete) to treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander while rumor is (transitive|usually|used in the passive voice) to tell a rumor about; to gossip.

As nouns the difference between rumblings and rumor

is that rumblings is while rumor is (us|countable) a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

As a verb rumor is

(transitive|usually|used in the passive voice) to tell a rumor about; to gossip.

As nouns the difference between rumor and speculation

is that rumor is a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth while speculation is the process of thinking or meditating on a subject.

As a verb rumor

is to tell a rumor about; to gossip.