Difference between Scuttlebutt and Gossip

Scuttlebutt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A keg of water on board ship, around which sailors would gossip. Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.

Gossip

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Someone who likes to talk about someone else's private or personal business.Idle talk about someone's private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.To talk idly.

Example sentence: No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.