different between hearsay vs chatter
hearsay
English
Etymology
From Middle English hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hear?say
Noun
hearsay (usually uncountable, plural hearsays)
- Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
- (law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
- (law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.
Derived terms
- double hearsay
Synonyms
- common talk
- gossip
- report
- rumor
Translations
See also
- as they say
- hear
- hear tell
- so they say
- you know what they say
Further reading
- hearsay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- hearsay in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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chatter
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?æt?/
- (US) enPR: ch?t??r, IPA(key): /?t?æt?/
- Rhymes: -æt?(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabber”), of imitative origin. Compare Dutch schateren (“chatter”), schetteren, Dutch koeteren (“jabber”), dialectal German kaudern (“to gobble (like a turkey)”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter, chirp”).
Noun
chatter (usually uncountable, plural chatters)
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- Synonyms: chattering, chatting, nattering; see also Thesaurus:chatter
- The sound of talking.
- The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
- The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
- 2016, Cornelia F. Mutel, A Sugar Creek Chronicle (page 41)
- The wind rose as the earth darkened, so that fading chatters of woodland animals were countered by the strengthening sounds of waving trees […]
- 2016, Cornelia F. Mutel, A Sugar Creek Chronicle (page 41)
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- (uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
- (uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
Translations
Verb
chatter (third-person singular simple present chatters, present participle chattering, simple past and past participle chattered)
- (intransitive) To talk idly.
- Synonyms: chat, natter
- (intransitive) Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.
- Synonyms: clatter, knock, (said of an engine) pink
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence
- The jay makes answer, as the magpie chatters with delight.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence
Translations
Etymology 2
chat +? -er
Noun
chatter (plural chatters)
- One who chats.
- (Internet) A user of chat rooms.
Further reading
- chatter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- chatter in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chatter at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ratchet, traceth
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