babble vs gullet

babble

noun
  • A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions. 

  • Idle talk; senseless prattle 

  • Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. 

verb
  • To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding. 

  • To reveal; to give away (a secret). 

  • To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds 

  • To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words. 

  • To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle. 

  • To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones. 

gullet

noun
  • A channel for water. 

  • A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. 

  • The throat or esophagus. 

  • The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested. 

  • The space between the teeth of a saw blade. 

  • The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal. 

How often have the words babble and gullet occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )