Yammer vs Chatter - What's the difference?
yammer | chatter |
To complain peevishly.
To talk loudly and persistently.
To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
(rare) To make an outcry; to clamor.
* 1951 , publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 17, page 182, ¶ 1
The act or noise of yammering.
A loud noise.
One who yammers.
talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk
the sound of talking
the sound made by a magpie
an intermittent noise, as from vibration
in national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
To talk idly.
* Shakespeare
Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
* Wordsworth
one who chats
(Internet) a user of chat rooms
* 2013 , Michael K. Sullivan, Sexual Minorities (page 148)
In intransitive terms the difference between yammer and chatter
is that yammer is to talk loudly and persistently while chatter is of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.yammer
English
Verb
(en verb)- It was a ship, but a whale to the Dark Nebula ’s minnow; and on its side was the Spaceship-and-Sun of the Empire. Every alarm on the ship yammered hysterically.
Synonyms
* (complain) whine, grumble * (repeat) prattle, babble, yak * See alsoNoun
(-)References
* * ----chatter
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , of imitative origin.Noun
(-)- Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter .
- The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups.
Synonyms
* (sense) chattering, chatting, nattering * See alsoVerb
(en verb)- They knitted and chattered the whole time.
- To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
- He was so cold that his teeth were chattering .
- The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters .
Synonyms
* (talk idly) chat, natter * (make a chattering noise) clatter, knock, pink (said of an engine )Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- During the chat sessions, two outreach team members would engage in a conversation about the topic chosen for that event in the main chat room and entice other chatters to join in.
