babble vs discover

babble is a noun but discover is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
babble	Yes	No	Yes	No
discover	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, discover is a hypernym of babble; that is, discover is a word with a broader meaning than babble:

babble: divulge confidential information or secrets
discover: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Other hypernyms of babble include break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap.

babble (noun)	discover (noun)
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

babble (verb)	discover (verb)
to talk foolishly	get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
divulge confidential information or secrets	identify as in botany or biology, for example
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise	make a discovery, make a new finding
	see for the first time; make a discovery
	discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
	find unexpectedly