tittle-tattle vs speak

tittle-tattle is a noun but speak is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tittle-tattle	Yes	No	Yes	No
speak	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, speak is a hypernym of tittle-tattle; that is, speak is a word with a broader meaning than tittle-tattle:

Other hypernyms of tittle-tattle include mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize.

tittle-tattle (noun)	speak (noun)
light informal conversation for social occasions

tittle-tattle (verb)	speak (verb)
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly	express in speech
	exchange thoughts; talk with
	use language
	give a speech to
	make a characteristic or natural sound