Chuckle vs Cackle - What's the difference?
chuckle | cackle |
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
(archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
(archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
(archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
* Shakespeare
To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
*, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Cackle is a synonym of chuckle.
As nouns the difference between chuckle and cackle
is that chuckle is a quiet laugh while cackle is the cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.As verbs the difference between chuckle and cackle
is that chuckle is to laugh quietly or inwardly while cackle is to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.chuckle
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Synonyms
* chortle * giggle * snigger * titterVerb
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Synonyms
* See alsocackle
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(en noun)Verb
(en-verb)- When every goose is cackling .
citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
- (Johnson)