chatter vs babble

babble vs chatter

chatter and babble both are nouns.

chatter and babble both are verbs.

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

As verbs, babble is a hyponym of chatter; that is, babble is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chatter:

chatter: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
babble: to talk foolishly

Other hyponyms of chatter include blather, blether, blither, smatter.

chatter (noun)	babble (noun)
noisy talk	gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

chatter (verb)	babble (verb)
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly	to talk foolishly
talk socially without exchanging too much information	divulge confidential information or secrets
make noise as if chattering away	utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
cut unevenly with a chattering tool	flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
click repeatedly or uncontrollably

Difference between chatter and babble

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