Difference between prattle and colloquium

prattle

Definitions

noun

  1. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

verb

  1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Examples

She wanted to prattle about Archie, but I wasn't having any.

I can't afford to bear the deep feeling is the burden, sweet prattle just happened to cash lies.

Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream.

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colloquium

Definitions

noun

  1. an address to an academic meeting or seminar
  2. an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting

Examples

He co-chaired the three-day colloquium on ‘Conservation and cultural tourism’, organised by the British Library.

New members are recruited to the religion through workshops, colloquiums, religious tracts, and other publications.

Here is a recording of a motet, Let Thy Merciful Ears, by Thomas Mudd, from the first Mass of the Colloquium, sung by all attendees with about 5 mins of rehearsal on the night when everyone arrived.

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