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babble vs tittle-tattle

tittle-tattle vs babble

babble and tittle-tattle both are nouns.

babble and tittle-tattle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
babble Yes No Yes No
tittle-tattle Yes No Yes No
As verbs, tittle-tattle is a hypernym of babble; that is, tittle-tattle is a word with a broader meaning than babble:
  • babble: to talk foolishly
  • tittle-tattle: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Other hypernyms of babble include blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, twaddle.
babble (noun) tittle-tattle (noun)
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby light informal conversation for social occasions
babble (verb) tittle-tattle (verb)
to talk foolishly speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
divulge confidential information or secrets
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 tittle-tattle

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