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Chatter vs. Gibberish — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Chatter and Gibberish

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Definitions

Chatter

Talk informally about unimportant matters
She was chattering about her holiday

Gibberish

Gibberish, also called jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense. It may include speech sounds that are not actual words, or language games and specialized jargon that seems nonsensical to outsiders."Gibberish" is also used as an imprecation to denigrate or tar ideas or opinions the user disagrees with or finds irksome, a rough equivalent of "nonsense", "folderol", or "claptrap".

Chatter

Informal talk
He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

Gibberish

Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense
He talks gibberish

Chatter

A series of short, quick high-pitched sounds
The starlings' constant chatter
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Gibberish

Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.

Chatter

To talk rapidly, incessantly, and on trivial subjects; jabber.

Gibberish

Highly technical or esoteric language.

Chatter

To utter a rapid series of short, inarticulate, speechlike sounds
Birds chattering in the trees.

Gibberish

Unnecessarily pretentious or vague language.
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Chatter

To click quickly and repeatedly
Our teeth chattered from the cold.

Gibberish

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

Chatter

To vibrate or rattle while in operation
A power drill will chatter if the bit is loose.

Gibberish

Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.

Chatter

To utter in a rapid, usually thoughtless way
Chattered a long reply.

Gibberish

(uncountable) A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.

Chatter

Idle, trivial talk.

Gibberish

Unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

Chatter

Communication, such as email and phone calls, between people who are involved in terrorism or espionage, as monitored by a government agency.

Gibberish

Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words.
He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go;All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to know.
Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.

Chatter

The sharp, rapid sounds made by some birds and animals.

Gibberish

Incomprehensible, obscure, or pretentious technical talk or writing; excessively obscure jargon.

Chatter

A series of quick rattling or clicking sounds.

Gibberish

Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.

Chatter

Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

Gibberish

Unintelligible talking

Chatter

The sound of talking.

Chatter

The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.

Chatter

The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.

Chatter

An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.

Chatter

(uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups.

Chatter

(uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.

Chatter

One who chats.

Chatter

(Internet) A user of chat rooms.

Chatter

(intransitive) To talk idly.
They knitted and chattered the whole time.

Chatter

To make a noise by rapid collisions.
He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.

Chatter

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

Chatter

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.

Chatter

To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.
To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.

Chatter

To make a noise by rapid collisions.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.

Chatter

To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
Begin his witless note apace to chatter.

Chatter

Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
Your words are but idle and empty chatter.

Chatter

Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.

Chatter

Noisy talk

Chatter

The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

Chatter

The high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

Chatter

Click repeatedly or uncontrollably;
Chattering teeth

Chatter

Cut unevenly with a chattering tool

Chatter

Talk socially without exchanging too much information;
The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

Chatter

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Chatter

Make noise as if chattering away;
The magpies were chattering in the trees

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