Gossip vs. Whisper — What's the Difference?

Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling.Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means for people to monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread indirect reciprocity. Indirect reciprocity is a social interaction in which one actor helps another and is then benefited by a third party.

Soft speech produced without using the full voice.

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

Something uttered very softly

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

A secretly or surreptitiously expressed belief, rumor, or hint

Trivial, chatty talk or writing.

A low rustling sound

A close friend or companion.

To speak softly.

Chiefly British A godparent.

To speak quietly and privately, as by way of gossip, slander, or intrigue.

To engage in or spread gossip

To make a soft rustling sound.

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

To utter very softly.

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

To say or tell privately or secretly.

(uncountable) Idle conversation in general.

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.

(uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.

A rumor.

A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of a child.

(figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).

(obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.

A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.

(obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.

(internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.

(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

(intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.

(intransitive) To talk idly.

(transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.

(obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.

(intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.

(obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.

(intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

To address in a whisper, or low voice.

A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.

To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.

One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.

The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.

To stand sponsor to.

To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.

To make merry.

To address in a whisper, or low voice.

To prate; to chat; to talk much.

To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.

To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

A cautious or timorous speech.

Light informal conversation for social occasions

Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.

A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

A low, sibilant sound.

A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;

The light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

Talk socially without exchanging too much information;

Speak softly; in a low voice