Babble vs. Gab

Babblenoun

Idle talk; senseless prattle

Gabnoun

Idle chatter.

Babblenoun

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

Gabnoun

The mouth or gob.

Babblenoun

A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.

Gabnoun

One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.

Babbleverb

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

‘The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything.’;

Gabverb

To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.

Babbleverb

(intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.

Gabverb

(intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.

Babbleverb

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

Gabverb

To speak or tell falsely.

Babbleverb

(intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.

‘Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.’;

Gabnoun

The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

Babbleverb

(transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.

Gabnoun

The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness.

Babbleverb

(transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).

Gabverb

To deceive; to lie.

Babbleverb

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

Gabverb

To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.

Babbleverb

To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.

Gabnoun

light informal conversation for social occasions

Babbleverb

To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

Babbleverb

To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.

‘In every babbling brook he finds a friend.’;

Babbleverb

To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.

‘These [words] he used to babble in all companies.’;

Babbleverb

To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

Babblenoun

Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

Babblenoun

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

‘The babble of our young children.’; ‘The babble of the stream.’;

Babblenoun

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Babbleverb

utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way;

‘The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention’;

Babbleverb

to talk foolishly;

‘The two women babbled and crooned at the baby’;

Babbleverb

flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;

‘babbling brooks’;

Babbleverb

divulge confidential information or secrets;

‘Be careful--his secretary talks’;

Babbleverb

talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way

‘they babbled on about their holiday’;

Babbleverb

utter something rapidly and incoherently

‘I gasped and stared and babbled, “Look at this!”’; ‘I gasped and stared and babbled, 'Look at this!'’;

Babbleverb

reveal something secret or confidential by talking carelessly

‘he babbled to another convict while he was in jail’;

Babbleverb

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound

‘the shallow river babbled over smooth rocks’;

Babblenoun

the sound of people talking simultaneously

‘a confused babble of voices’; ‘the answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation’;

Babblenoun

foolish, excited, or confused talk

‘her soft voice stopped his babble’;

Babblenoun

the continuous murmuring sound of flowing water

‘the babble of a brook’;