Gargle vs. Garble — What's the Difference?

To force exhaled air through a liquid held in the back of the mouth, with the head tilted back, in order to cleanse or medicate the mouth or throat.

To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible

To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.

To scramble (a signal or message), as by erroneous encoding or faulty transmission.

To rinse or medicate (the mouth or throat) by gargling.

(Archaic) To sort out; cull.

To circulate or apply (a medicine or solution) by gargling.

The act or an instance of garbling

To utter with a gargling sound.

To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert

A medicated solution for gargling.

To make false by mutilation or addition 17

A gargling sound.

(obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt 19

(intransitive) to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs

Confused or unintelligible speech.

(intransitive) to make a sound like the one made while gargling

(obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.

(transitive) to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)

(obsolete) mutilation

(transitive) to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.

(obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

A liquid used for gargling.

To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.

(countable) The sound or act of gargling.

To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

Lager or other alcoholic drink.

Refuse; rubbish.

See Gargoyle.

Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; - also called garblings.

A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs.

To warble; to sing as if gargling

A medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth

The sound produced while gargling

Utter with gargling or burbling sounds

Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash;