different between baloney vs drivel

English

Etymology 1

Modification of bologna.

Alternative forms

• boloney
• bologna

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??l??ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??lo?ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Noun

baloney (countable and uncountable, plural baloneys)

1. A type of sausage; bologna.

Synonyms

• see bologna

Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from bologna (“sausage”), possibly used as a minced oath for bullshit.

Alternative forms

• balonie (UK)
• boloney

Noun

baloney (uncountable)

1. (uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.

   That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!

Usage notes

Sometimes used in the rhyme phony baloney.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nonsense.

Derived terms

• no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
• globaloney

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Words from Variety

Anagrams

• Boylean, Lebonya

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v.?l/
• Hyphenation: driv?el
• Rhymes: -?v?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English drivelen, drevelen, from Old English dreflian (“to drivel, slobber, slaver”), from Proto-Germanic *drablijan?,from Proto-Indo-European *d?ereb?- (“cloudy, turbid; yeast”).

Noun

drivel (countable and uncountable, plural drivels)

1. senseless talk; nonsense
2. saliva, drool
3. (obsolete) A fool; an idiot.

Translations

Verb

drivel (third-person singular simple present drivels, present participle (US) driveling or drivelling, simple past and past participle (US) driveled or drivelled)

1. To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
2. To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
3. To be weak or foolish; to dote.
   • driveling dotard

Synonyms

• (have saliva drip from the mouth): drool
• (talk nonsense): See also Thesaurus:nonsense.

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare Old Dutch drevel (“scullion”).

Noun

drivel (plural drivels)

1. (obsolete) A servant; a drudge.

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References

• drivel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Vidler, drevil