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Backbiting vs. Gossiping — What's the Difference?

Backbiting vs. Gossiping — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Backbiting and Gossiping

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Backbiting

Backbiting or tale-bearing is to slander someone in their absence — to bite them behind their back. Originally, backbiting referred to an unsporting attack from the rear in the blood sport of bearbaiting.

Gossiping

Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.

Backbiting

To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).

Gossiping

A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.

Backbiting

To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.
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Gossiping

Trivial, chatty talk or writing.

Backbiting

The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

Gossiping

A close friend or companion.

Backbiting

Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.

Gossiping

Chiefly British A godparent.

Backbiting

Present participle of backbite

Gossiping

To engage in or spread gossip
Gossiped about the neighbors.

Backbiting

Secret slander; detraction.
Backbiting, and bearing of false witness.

Gossiping

Present participle of gossip

Gossiping

Act of making a gossip.

Gossiping

A conversation that spreads personal information about other people

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