The difference between Babble and Rabbit
When used as nouns, babble means idle talk, whereas rabbit means a mammal of the family leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
When used as verbs, babble means to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly, whereas rabbit means to hunt rabbits.
check bellow for the other definitions of Babble and Rabbit
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Babble as a noun:
Idle talk; senseless prattle
Examples:
"synonyms: gabble twaddle"
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Babble as a noun:
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
Examples:
"* The babble of our young children. - [[w:Darwin Darwin]]."
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Babble as a noun:
A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
Examples:
"* The babble of the stream. - [[w:Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson]]."
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Babble as a verb (intransitive):
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
Examples:
"The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything."
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Babble as a verb (intransitive):
To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
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Babble as a verb (intransitive):
To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
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Babble as a verb (intransitive):
To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
Examples:
"* In every babbling brook he finds a friend. - [[w:William Wordsworth William Wordsworth]]."
"Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent."
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Babble as a verb (transitive):
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
Examples:
"* These words he used to babble in all companies. - [[w:John Arbuthnot John Arbuthnot]]."
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Babble as a verb (transitive):
To reveal; to give away (a secret).
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Rabbit as a noun:
A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
Examples:
"The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon."
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Rabbit as a noun:
The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
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Rabbit as a noun:
A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
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Rabbit as a noun (cricket):
A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
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Rabbit as a noun (comptheory):
A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare .
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Rabbit as a verb (intransitive):
To hunt rabbits.
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Rabbit as a verb (US, intransitive):
To flee.
Examples:
"The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit."
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Rabbit as a verb (British, intransitive):
To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
Examples:
"Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!"
"Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"