Rumour and Warning

Rumour

Rumour noun - Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.

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Warning and rumour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Warning" instead a noun "Rumour".

Nearby Words: rumor, rumored, rumoured, rumoring

Warning noun - The act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk.

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Rumour and warning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rumour" instead a noun "Warning".

Nearby Words: warn, warned

She resents Heather for her selfishness, Stella for enabling Liddy's behaviour, and Liddy for cutting her off even though, as a social worker, she was trying to do the right thing by warning her about the rumour.

Source: He Who Fights Monsters / Literature

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