jabber vs prate

jabber

verb
  • To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense. 

  • To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble. 

noun
  • Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. 

  • One who or that which jabs. 

  • A kind of hand-operated corn planter. 

  • One who administers a hypodermic injection, especially of a COVID-19 vaccine. 

prate

verb
  • To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly. 

noun
  • Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity. 

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