jaw vs mumble

jaw and mumble both are nouns.

jaw and mumble both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jaw	Yes	No	Yes	No
mumble	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

jaw: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
mumble: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

Other hyponyms of jaw include champ, chomp, champ, gum, chaw, crunch, munch, gnaw.

jaw (noun)	mumble (noun)
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object	a soft indistinct utterance
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

jaw (verb)	mumble (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
censure severely or angrily	grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
talk incessantly and tiresomely
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

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