talk vs babble

talk and babble both are nouns.

talk and babble both are verbs.

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

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

talk: express in speech
babble: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

Other hyponyms of talk include read, phonate, vocalise, vocalize, troll, begin, lip off, shoot one's mouth off, shout, whisper, peep, speak up, snap, snarl, enthuse, speak in tongues, swallow, verbalise, verbalize, whiff, talk about, talk of, blubber, blubber out, drone, drone on, bumble, falter, stammer, stutter, rasp, blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate, inflect, modulate, tone, deliver, present, generalise, generalize, blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, chatter, jaw, rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away, open up, snivel, whine, murmur, maunder, mumble, mussitate, mutter, slur, bark, bay, jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout, hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz, cackle, chant, intone, tone, gulp, sing, talmbout.

As verbs, talk and babble are synonyms defined as:

talk and babble: divulge confidential information or secrets

Other synonyms of talk include babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle.

talk (noun)	babble (noun)
the act of giving a talk to an audience	gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
an exchange of ideas via conversation
idle gossip or rumor
a speech that is open to the public
discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

talk (verb)	babble (verb)
express in speech	to talk foolishly
exchange thoughts; talk with	divulge confidential information or secrets
reveal information	utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
use language	flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
deliver a lecture or talk
divulge confidential information or secrets

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