Rumor vs. Grapevine — What's the Difference?

Circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.

A secret means of spreading information.

An unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person.

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip among a large number of people.

Information often being a mixture of truth and untruth, passed around verbally.

An unofficial channel of communication, typically used to refer to the spread of rumors and unofficial information.

A rumour (British English), or rumor (American English; see spelling differences; derived from Latin: 'rumorem' - noise), is "a tall tale of explanations of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern."In the social sciences, a rumour involves a form of a statement whose veracity is not quickly or ever confirmed. In addition, some scholars have identified rumour as a subset of propaganda.

An informal network by which information is passed in a community.

A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.

A vine on which grapes grow.

Unverified information received from another; hearsay.

The informal transmission of information, gossip, or rumor from person to person

To spread or tell by rumor.

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

A rumor.

Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

(skating) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.

A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

(wrestling) A leglock.

A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; - in this sense often personified.

To restrain in a leglock.

A prolonged, indistinct noise.

A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

To report by rumor; to tell.

Gossip spread by spoken communication;

Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

Tell or spread rumors;

A method of spreading information casually or unofficially.

A currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.