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babble vs piffle

piffle vs babble

babble and piffle both are nouns.

babble and piffle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
babble Yes No Yes No
piffle Yes No Yes No
As verbs, piffle is a hypernym of babble; that is, piffle is a word with a broader meaning than babble:
  • babble: to talk foolishly
  • piffle: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Other hypernyms of babble include blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle.
babble (noun) piffle (noun)
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby trivial nonsense
babble (verb) piffle (verb)
to talk foolishly act in a trivial or ineffective way
divulge confidential information or secrets speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Difference between babble and piffle

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