Babble vs. Rabble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Babble and Rabble
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Babble
Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way
They babbled on about their holiday
Rabble
A tumultuous crowd; a mob.
Babble
(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound
The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks
Rabble
The lowest or unrefined class of people. Often used with the.
Babble
The sound of people talking simultaneously
A confused babble of voices
The answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation
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Rabble
A group of persons regarded with contempt
"After subsisting on the invisible margins of the art scene ... he was 'discovered' in the mid-80's, along with a crowd of like-minded rabble from the East Village" (Richard B. Woodward).
Babble
The continuous murmuring sound of flowing water
The babble of a brook
Rabble
An iron bar used to stir and skim molten iron in puddling.
Babble
To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds
Babies babble before they can talk.
Rabble
Any of various similar tools or mechanically operated devices used in roasting or refining furnaces.
Babble
To talk foolishly or idly; chatter
"As I babbled on ... I did not notice that my parents, in the front seat, had fallen completely silent" (Oliver Sacks).
Rabble
To stir or skim (molten iron) with an iron bar.
Babble
To make a continuous low, murmuring sound, as flowing water.
Rabble
(intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense
Babble
To utter rapidly and indistinctly
"Toward the end he babbled old stories, randomly cobbled together" (Julia Whitty).
Rabble
(transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out
Babble
To blurt out impulsively; disclose without careful consideration.
Rabble
(transitive) To stir with a rabble.
Babble
Inarticulate or meaningless talk or sounds.
Rabble
(obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words.
Babble
Idle or foolish talk; chatter.
Rabble
(obsolete) A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.
Babble
A continuous low, murmuring sound, as of flowing water.
Rabble
A mob; a disorderly crowd.
Babble
(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything.
Rabble
(derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.
Babble
(intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
Rabble
An iron bar used in puddling.
Babble
(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
Rabble
An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
Babble
(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.
Rabble
A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and light persons.
Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole rabble of licentious deities.
Babble
(transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
Rabble
A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
Babble
(transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).
Rabble
To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
Babble
Idle talk; senseless prattle
Rabble
To speak in a confused manner.
Babble
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
Rabble
To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate.
The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house.
Babble
A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
Rabble
To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.
Babble
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
Rabble
To rumple; to crumple.
Babble
To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
Rabble
Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.
Babble
To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
Rabble
A disorderly crowd of people
Babble
To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
In every babbling brook he finds a friend.
Rabble
Disparaging terms for the common people
Babble
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.
Babble
To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
Babble
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
Babble
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
The babble of our young children.
The babble of the stream.
Babble
Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Babble
Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way;
The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
Babble
To talk foolishly;
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Babble
Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise;
Babbling brooks
Babble
Divulge confidential information or secrets;
Be careful--his secretary talks
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