Difference between Gossip and Scuttlebutt

GOSSIP vs SCUTTLEBUTT: NOUN

Idle talk, as of one friend or acquaintance to another; especially, confidential or minutely personal remarks about other people; tattle; scandal; trifling or groundless report.
One who goes about tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
A sponsor; one who answers for a child in baptism; a godfather or godmother.
A godparent.
A close friend or companion.
Trivial, chatty talk or writing.
A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.
Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.
Light informal conversation for social occasions
A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
A friend or neighbor; an intimate companion.
A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
Someone who likes to talk about someone else’s private or personal business.
The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.
A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.
The latest gossip; rumors.
A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station.
See scuttle butt.
Nautical, a cask or butt having a scuttle or hole cut in it for the introduction of a cup or dipper, and used to hold drinking-water. Also called scuttle-cask.
Gossip; rumor.
A drinking fountain on a ship.
A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water.

To talk idly.
To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.
Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
Talk socially without exchanging too much information

Jaw, Chaffer, Visit, Confab, Comment, Small talk, Gabfest, Confabulate, Gab, Rumormonger, Chat, Natter, Chitchat, Chatter, Scuttlebutt

Factoid, Brouhaha, Innuendo, Rumormonger, Titbit, Hubbub, Conjecture, Buzz, Speculation, Chatter, Info, Talk, Rumor, Comment, Gossip

Banter, Rumor, Newsmonger, Jaw, Visit, Confab, Comment, Small talk, Gab, Rumormonger, Chat, Natter, Chitchat, Chatter, Scuttlebutt

Bush telegraph, Brouhaha, Innuendo, Rumormonger, Titbit, Hubbub, Conjecture, Buzz, Speculation, Chatter, Info, Talk, Rumor, Comment, Gossip

Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton.
Gossip is a common occurrence at work and many employees find themselves involved in conversations that could be classified as gossip.
Ewe acknowledges the immorality of gossip and its potential her states that gossip may be socially addictive or infectious.
Introduction: In this sermon on gossip, Charles Kimball teaches about the heart of gossip.
Goreham Academy Fund Gossip, Helen Wells Gossip, William, executors estate of Gowans.
Gossip could no longer be gossip; it would have to contain truth.
Genuine love does not gossip or listen to gossip.
Do I gossip about others or listen to gossip?
To listen in order to gossip; to gossip; a gossip.
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Certainly not for one who was current with the latest scuttlebutt from South Galilee, at least.
We get our fair share of emails involving conspiracy theories, predictions, and random scuttlebutt.
Cykes talked Scuttlebutt out of it, which managed to save only two photos.
All our plan rules and regulations are provided in compensation scuttlebutt purposes.
The scuttlebutt in Washington was that someone had tried to poison Buchanan.
Just wondered what the scuttlebutt is out there on Supertech Oil filters.
Update: I got some help from friendly folks on Secure Scuttlebutt!
The scuttlebutt says you have done some pretty amazing stuff.
She must keep confidences and not be addicted to scuttlebutt.
That was sort of office scuttlebutt, gossip, whatever?