scuttlebutt vs malicious gossip

scuttlebutt and malicious gossip both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scuttlebutt	Yes	No	No	No
malicious gossip	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, malicious gossip is a hyponym of scuttlebutt; that is, malicious gossip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scuttlebutt:

scuttlebutt: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
malicious gossip: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

Other hyponyms of scuttlebutt include earful, hearsay, rumor, rumour, grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth, dirt, scandal, talk, talk of the town.

scuttlebutt (noun)	malicious gossip (noun)
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people	disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

scuttlebutt vs malicious gossip

scuttlebutt and malicious gossip both are nouns.

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