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Giggle vs Chuckled - What's the difference?

giggle | chuckled |

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)
  • 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

    chuckled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chuckle)

  • 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