Whats the difference between "gossip" and "interesting" conversation?

Answer 1

With some people only gossip is interesting. With other people interesting conversation excludes gossip. Interesting conversation almost always benefits someone. Gossip always harms someone.

Answer 2

Gossip is unverified confidential information about a person told to another in apparent confidence, generally regarding someone known to either or both participants. Gossip is a subset of interesting conversation.

Answer 3

I think gossip has a more negative connotation. It generally implies that you are talking about someone behind their back, where as an interesting conversation stimulates the mind.

Answer 4

when mean things are said. or things that are not true ,or hurtful
things are repeated- that is gossip. When the conversation is a
give and take of harmless ideas and good exchange of mutual interests- that's conversation.

Answer 5

With gossip you don't want the subject to overhear year, not necessarily so with an interesting conversation!



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Answer 6

Interesting conversation is never something said about someone which you wouldn't say to their face. Gossip is always something said about someone which you wouldn't say to their face.

Answer 7

interesting conversation just means that the person you reeally want to talk about is either with you or within earshot

Answer 8

gossip can have a slanderous nature to it and it is not neccessarily based on true facts, but just speculation and heresay.

Answer 9

The difference is the gender of the talkers.

Answer 10

It is one of those irregular verbs:

I have interesting conversations.
You gossip.
He slanders people