Chuckle vs. Laugh

Chucklenoun

A quiet laugh.

Chuckleverb

To laugh quietly or inwardly.

Chuckleverb

(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.

Chuckleverb

To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.

Chuckleverb

To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.

Chuckleverb

To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

Chuckleverb

To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.

Chuckleverb

To fondle; to cocker.

Chuckleverb

To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chucklenoun

A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chucklenoun

a soft partly suppressed laugh

Chuckleverb

laugh quietly or with restraint

Laughnoun

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

Laughnoun

Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

Laughnoun

A fun person.

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.

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.

Laughverb

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

Laughverb

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.

Laughverb

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

Laughverb

To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

Laughverb

To express by, or utter with, laughter; - with out.

Laughnoun

An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.

Laughnoun

the sound of laughing

Laughnoun

a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing;

Laughnoun

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

Laughverb

produce laughter