Is gossip the same as rumor?

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yuanyuan

Gossip is a conversation about personal matters: conversation about the personal details of other people's lives, whether rumor or fact, especially when malicious.

Rumor is an unverified report: a generally circulated story, report, or statement without facts to confirm its truth. It also refers to idle speculation: general talk or opinions of uncertain reliability

CHOCO CRUNCHIES

You asked and you answered! Thanks for sharing, btw.

In my POV:

Gossip and rumor are both kinda destructive to a person's life.

I can't deepen my answer anymore, when I think of rumor, gossip comes to my mind and vice versa!

Lilli Ann M

I gossip to pass the time away. Gossiping is when I share some hot juicy tidbits with my friends. When I gossip I stick to the truth although I would tend to add my personal views to the core story. For example: My friend Lisa tells me she might be pregnant. She further tells me don't tell the others yet until it's confirmed. This is too good to be kept under wraps so I call Jenny and Amy and tell them "hey, Lisa could be pregnant" - that's the core story. Now here comes my "embellishment" - I think it happened when she was in Florida..blah...blah...blah.

We're all good friends; everyone would know eventually.

Gossiping here at YAP is when we talk about Jaimee and her OOucH.

Spreading rumor, on the other hand, is not my thing. To me, rumors are unfounded and serve no purpose but to malign others. It is what government operatives might do.

There should be no room for rumors in this forum.

Gossiping is a pastime (albeit unproductive) but it is done with malice towards none.

I'dStillPreferNoName

you answer it already..then what can we say?

Aref H4

I think the Kazakh hit the nail on this one.

Although, M.Borida's quote is rather intriguing. But I dare say Borat's statement makes more sense. Gossip is more used as a verb, while rumor is usually a subject noun.

Reminds me of a question I have about one of the Spanish lines in Rizal's death poem. "..... rumor, canto, gemido." If I translated rumor, not as a whisper, but something more subtle, like "tibok"(heartbeat) , which is more silent, would I be correct?

Borat

Jak sie masz! My name Borat. People gossip that Borat is gay but I say it just rumor. Great Success!

EvilWoman0913

I have a different opinion on that. Gossip is the spreading of a rumor whether to figure out the truth or sharing info with an agenda. If you don't know it's the truth, it's gossip and just because the end result is to get at the truth doesn't make it any less "gossip", no matter what the subject.......

A rumor is gossip as well as bearing false witness which can be found in another book on a list of 10 no no's.

Delauria

Gossip could be a true issue, but none of our business to scatter around, to destroy or to stain ones' reputation.On the other hand, rumors are issues that have not been proven yet or had not happened yet, So, technically , they are not the same. But both should be avoided.

caito kid

A rumuor can die down, but a gossip not. Gossip is like mud thrown on
a white wall, it sticks not long on the wall but it leaves its mark. Gossips
can damage reputations.

mared

Yes, both are hearsay

well rumour is like... may be true but most probably is not because it is... a rumour.

gossip is a rumour that is spread all around people who try to make it The Real Thing. That's why it's always meaner than rumours because the people are the ones who are tweaking the information around and making it sound 100% true. we don't really care That much about rumours

sonny torreli

gossip is having unnecessary long talks of the **** that's none of your business really,and for sole entertainment personally

rumour is something like gossip,but most of the time men spread it...and for commercial benefits,like the press ppl

@@love@@

For me,
Rumor is a generally circulated story, report, or statement without facts to confirm its truth.
It's a general talk or opinions of uncertain reliability.

Gossip is a conversation about the personal details of other people's lives, whether rumor or fact, especially when malicious.
It's informal conversation or writing about recent and often personal events.

Juan C

get it? got it? good!!!

thanks for sharing...

_smile_'s Kometa of Biga-a

Rumor is "tsismis" without pun intended.

Gossip is "tsismis" with pun intended.

That is how I view it.

Kostyan

I think rumour is information we hear or read which may be true, or maybe not.
Gossip is information we hear or read which some people made up without any basis.

Fidel Joseph A

it's the national pastime in the phils and a multi million dollar international industry.

in the phils weekend afternoons giant TV networks spend precious airtime for this and giant corporations including some multi national companies sponsors advertisements on this very productive weekend TV event that is gossips and rumour. in fact one of the TV host is one of the highest paid TV personality.

sadly the unemployment rate is going up, economic plunged, increased crime rate etc etc

why not show something productive? programs that will help people earn extra income, home improvement etc

if the US or other countries have gossip shows TV programs it's fine with them at least they don't have problems like those in the Phils.

nacarmy

Yes you were right, not the same...
rumor, is a common talk of people
gossip, an informal conversation, habitually reveals personal or sensational facts.

gossip= "tsismis" ( revealed from one person to another, or spread ).
rumors= ( is a statement of report which is not proven or authenticated ).
as you can see from here, It's totally not the same. But I don't know why some People think it is. And they often mistakenly used the word rumor instead of saying gossip.

Android

Apart from the spelling, no. Rumors are speculations and unverified claims or reports with no statements or proof to support it and verify if it is the truth or not. The opposite of rumor is fact.

Gossip is that malicious thing people do when they talk about other people's lives and personal matters whether it is fact or a rumor. An opposite of gossip is discreetness.

By the way, since you answered your own question, what do you need us for? =P

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@Just simple: Somehow, I think we have the same source. =]

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