Ramble vs. Rattle — What's the Difference?

To move about aimlessly

To make or emit a quick succession of short percussive sounds.

To walk casually or leisurely

To move with such sounds

To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth

To talk rapidly and at length, usually without much thought

To speak or write at length and with many digressions

To cause to make a quick succession of short percussive sounds

To move about aimlessly through or over

To utter or perform rapidly or effortlessly

A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.

(Informal)To fluster; unnerve

A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.

To secure ratlines to (shrouds).

A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.

A rapid succession of short percussive sounds.

(mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.

A device, such as a baby's toy, that produces short percussive sounds.

A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.

A rattling sound in the throat caused by obstructed breathing, especially near the time of death.

To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course

The series of horny structures at the end of a rattlesnake's tail.

To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.

Loud or rapid talk; chatter.

To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.

To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.

To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

To follow a winding path or course.

(intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world.

To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.

To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.

To scold; to rail at.

To extend or grow at random.

To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.

A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation.

To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.

A bed of shale over the seam.

Object that rattles.

A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking.

Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.

A type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble.

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.

Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner;

(zoology) The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound.

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

Rattling sound.

(onomatopoeia) A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.

Noisy, rapid talk; babble.

Trivial chatter; gossip.

A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

(obsolete) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.

A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle.

: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.

To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; - with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour.

To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.

To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.

Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game.

To scold; to rail at.

A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.

Noisy, rapid talk.

An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.

A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

A scolding; a sharp rebuke.

Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.

The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; - chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See Râle.

A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders);

A baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

Make short successive sounds

Shake and cause to make a rattling noise