let on vs babble

babble vs let on

let on is not a noun while babble is a noun.

let on and babble both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
let on	No	No	Yes	No
babble	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

let on: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
babble: divulge confidential information or secrets

Other hyponyms of let on include blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out, come out of the closet, out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle, reveal.

let on (noun)	babble (noun)
	gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

let on (verb)	babble (verb)
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret	to talk foolishly
	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 let on and babble

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