yenta vs gossip

gossip vs yenta

yenta and gossip both are nouns.

yenta is not a verb while gossip is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yenta	Yes	No	No	No
gossip	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gossip is a hypernym of yenta; that is, gossip is a word with a broader meaning than yenta:

yenta: (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
gossip: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Other hypernyms of yenta include gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger.

yenta (noun)	gossip (noun)
(Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal	light informal conversation for social occasions
(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant	a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
	a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

yenta (verb)	gossip (verb)
	wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
	talk socially without exchanging too much information

Difference between yenta and gossip

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