Giggle vs Chuckled - What's the difference?
giggle | chuckled |
To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.
A high-pitched, silly laugh.
(informal) Amusement.
(chuckle)
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.
As verbs the difference between giggle and chuckled
is that giggle is to laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way while chuckled is (chuckle).As a noun giggle
is a high-pitched, silly laugh.giggle
English
Verb
(giggl)- The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.
Synonyms
* (laugh in a silly way) titter * See alsoDerived terms
* gigglyNoun
(en noun)- 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 laughschuckled
English
Verb
(head)chuckle
English
Synonyms
* chortle * giggle * snigger * titterVerb
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