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

  1. Babble as a noun:

    Idle talk; senseless prattle

    Examples:

    "synonyms: gabble twaddle"

  2. Babble as a noun:

    Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

    Examples:

    "* The babble of our young children. - [[w:Darwin Darwin]]."

  3. 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]]."

  1. 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."

  2. Babble as a verb (intransitive):

    To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.

  3. Babble as a verb (intransitive):

    To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

  4. 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."

  5. 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]]."

  6. Babble as a verb (transitive):

    To reveal; to give away (a secret).

  1. 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."

  2. Rabbit as a noun:

    The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.

  3. 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.

  4. Rabbit as a noun (cricket):

    A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.

  5. 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 .

  1. Rabbit as a verb (intransitive):

    To hunt rabbits.

  2. Rabbit as a verb (US, intransitive):

    To flee.

    Examples:

    "The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit."

  1. 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"