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cackle vs prattle

prattle vs cackle

cackle and prattle both are nouns.

cackle and prattle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cackle Yes No Yes No
prattle Yes No Yes No
As nouns, prattle is a hyponym of cackle; that is, prattle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cackle:
  • cackle: noisy talk
  • prattle: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
Other hyponyms of cackle include blether, chin music, idle talk, prate.
cackle (noun) prattle (noun)
a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
noisy talk
the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
cackle (verb) prattle (verb)
emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
talk or utter in a cackling manner
make a noise characteristic of a goose
Difference between cackle and prattle

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