gossip vs bruit

gossip is a noun but bruit is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gossip	Yes	No	Yes	No
bruit	No	No	Yes	No

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

gossip: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
bruit: tell or spread rumors

Other hyponyms of gossip include rumor, rumour.

gossip (noun)	bruit (noun)
light informal conversation for social occasions
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

gossip (verb)	bruit (verb)
wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies	tell or spread rumors
talk socially without exchanging too much information