Giggle vs. Laugh

Giggle vs. Laugh — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Giggle and Laugh

Giggleverb

To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.

Laughnoun

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

Gigglenoun

A high-pitched, silly laugh.

Laughnoun

Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

Gigglenoun

(informal) Fun; an amusing episode.

We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.The women thought it would be quite a giggle to have a strippergram at the bride's hen party.

Laughnoun

A fun person.

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Gigglenoun

a foolish or nervous laugh

Laughverb

(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

Giggleverb

laugh nervously;

The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom

Laughverb

To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

Laughverb

To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.

Laughverb

(transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

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Laughverb

(transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

Laughnoun

the sound of laughing

Laughnoun

a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing;

his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision

Laughnoun

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

he told a very funny jokehe knows a million gagsthanks for the laughhe laughed unpleasantly at hisown jesteven a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point

Laughverb

produce laughter