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What is the difference between giggle and chuckle?

giggle | chuckle | Synonyms |

Chuckle is a synonym of giggle.



As verbs the difference between giggle and chuckle

is that giggle is to laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way while chuckle is to laugh quietly or inwardly.

As nouns the difference between giggle and chuckle

is that giggle is a high-pitched, silly laugh while chuckle is a quiet laugh.

giggle

English

Verb

(giggl)
  • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (laugh in a silly way) titter * See also

    Derived terms

    * giggly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A high-pitched, silly laugh.
  • (informal) Amusement.
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * titter * amusement, fun, a joke, a laugh or laughs

    chuckle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quiet laugh.

    • Synonyms

    * chortle * giggle * snigger * titter

    Verb

  • 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.
    • (Dryden)
  • (archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
    • (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * See also