Gossip vs. Tattle

Gossipnoun

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

Gossipnoun

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

Gossipnoun

(uncountable) Idle conversation in general.

Gossipnoun

(uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.

Gossipnoun

(obsolete) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child.

Gossipnoun

(obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.

Gossipnoun

(obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.

Gossipverb

(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

Gossipverb

(intransitive) To talk idly.

Gossipverb

(obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.

Gossipverb

(obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.

Gossipnoun

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

Gossipnoun

A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.

Gossipnoun

One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

Gossipnoun

The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

Gossipverb

To stand sponsor to.

Gossipverb

To make merry.

Gossipverb

To prate; to chat; to talk much.

Gossipverb

To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

Gossipnoun

light informal conversation for social occasions

Gossipnoun

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

Gossipnoun

a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Gossipverb

wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;

Gossipverb

talk socially without exchanging too much information;

Gossip

Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling.Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means for people to monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread indirect reciprocity. Indirect reciprocity is a social interaction in which one actor helps another and is then benefited by a third party.

Tattleverb

(intransitive) To chatter; to gossip.

Tattleverb

Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody.

Tattleverb

To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.

Tattlenoun

(countable) A tattletale.

Tattlenoun

Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.

Tattlenoun

(uncountable) Idle talk; gossip; (countable) an instance of such talk or gossip.

Tattleverb

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

Tattleverb

To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.

Tattlenoun

Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.

Tattlenoun

disclosing information or giving evidence about another

Tattleverb

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Tattleverb

divulge confidential information or secrets;

Tattleverb

gossip idly

Tattleverb

report another's wrongdoing; tell tales

Tattlenoun

gossip; idle talk