Gossip vs. Whisper

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.

Whispernoun

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.

Whispernoun

A rumor.

Whispernoun

(figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).

Whispernoun

A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.

Whispernoun

(internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.

Whisperverb

(intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.

Whisperverb

(transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.

Whisperverb

(intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.

Whisperverb

(intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.

Whisperverb

To address in a whisper, or low voice.

Whisperverb

To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.

Whisperverb

To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.

Whisperverb

To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.

Whisperverb

To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.

Whisperverb

To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.

Whisperverb

To address in a whisper, or low voice.

Whisperverb

To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.

Whispernoun

A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, 5, 153, 154.

Whispernoun

A cautious or timorous speech.

Whispernoun

Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.

Whispernoun

A low, sibilant sound.

Whispernoun

speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

Whispernoun

the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

Whisperverb

speak softly; in a low voice