different between mourning vs murmuring

English

(General American) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?mo(?)?n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?mo?n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
Rhymes: -??(?)n??
Homophones: morning (accents with the horse–hoarse merger), moaning (accents with the dough–door merger)

mourning

mourning (countable and uncountable, plural mournings)

The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23
  "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 88:
  ‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’
Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.
- The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.

murmuring

murmuring (countable and uncountable, plural murmurings)

A sound that murmurs.
the murmurings of trees in the wind
A complaint against something.
- Do all things without murmurings and disputings.
- 1796, Maria Edgeworth, The Parent's Assistant
  When Mrs. Churchill's orders were made known, they caused many secret marvellings and murmurings.

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