Giggle vs. Laugh
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.
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 classroomLaughverb
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.
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 derisionLaughnoun
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 pointLaughverb
produce laughter
