Happy vs Laugh - What's the difference?
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Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
* 1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 144, xv,
* 1777 , (Alexander Pope), An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Argument of Epistle II'', in ''The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq , Volume III,
Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.
* 1661 , (Robert Boyle), (The Sceptical Chymist) , 2006, Elibron Classics (imprint),
Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
* 1761 , (Jonathan Swift), A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation'': Introduction, in ''The works of Dr Jonathan Swift , Volume VII,
Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
(As a suffix to a noun) favouring or inclined to use, as in trigger-happy.
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An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
* 1803 , (Oliver Goldsmith), The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of His Life , page 45:
* 1869 , , Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics , page 87:
Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
* 1921 , (Ring Lardner), The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband , The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 73:
* 1979 , (Monty Python), (Always Look on the Bright Side of Life)
(label) A fun person.
* 2010 , (The Times), March 14, 2010, (Tamzin Outhwaite), the unlikely musical star
(label) 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.
* c. 1602 , (William Shakespeare), (Troilus and Cressida) , act I, scene ii:
* 1899 , (Stephen Crane),
* 1979 , (Monty Python), (Always Look on the Bright Side of Life)
To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
* 1693 , (John Dryden), "Of the Pythagorean Philosophy", from the 15th book of Ovid's Metamorphoses
* 1734 , (Alexander Pope), (An Essay on Man) , Chapter 3
To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
* 1731-1735 , (Alexander Pope), (Moral Essays)
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Chapter 3
* 1967 , (The Beatles), (Penny Lane)
(label) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
* 1611 , (William Shakespeare), (The Tempest) , act II, scene i:
* 1611 , (William Shakespeare), (The Tempest) , act II, scene ii:
(label) To express by, or utter with, laughter.
* 1602 , (William Shakespeare), (Troilus and Cressida) , act I, scene iii:
* 1866 , (Louisa May Alcott), (Behind A Mask)'' or, ''A Woman's Power ; Chapter 8
* 1906 , (Jack London), (Moon-Face)
As an adjective happy
is experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.As a noun laugh is
an expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.As a verb laugh is
(label) 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.happy
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Adjective
(er)- Happy' is that people, that is in such a case: yea, ' happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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- The learn'd is happy' nature to explore, / The fool is ' happy that he knows no more ;
- Music makes me feel happy .
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- I may presume that what I have hitherto discoursed will induce you to think, that chymists have been much more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them; or in assigning the principles by which they may best be explained.
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- For instance, one lady can give an an?wer better than a?k a que?tion : one gentleman is happy at a reply ; another excels in a rejoinder : one can revive a langui?hing conver?ation by a ?udden ?urpri?ing ?entence ;.
- Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
- Are you happy with your internet service provider?
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Usage notes
* Said of expedients, efforts, ventures, omens, etc. * (experiencing the effect of favorable fortune) Said of people, hours, thoughts, times, etc.Synonyms
* (favored by luck) lucky, fortunate, prosperous, cheerful, content, delighted, elated, exultant, orgasmic SeeAntonyms
* sad * unhappy * unpleasant, displeasing, unenjoyableDerived terms
* happify * happily * happiness * happy as a lark * happy as a pig in shit * happy as Larry * happy bunny * happy chappy * happy-clappy * happy families * happy family * happy-go-lucky * happy hour * happy slapping * happy talk * slap-happy * trigger-happyStatistics
* 1000 English basic wordslaugh
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Alternative forms
* laff (eye dialect) * laughe (archaic) * larf (Cockney eye dialect)Noun
(en noun)- And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
- That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh .
- “And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?” ¶ It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars. ¶ “That’s a laugh ,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.”
- Life's a piece of shit / When you look at it / Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
- Outhwaite is a good laugh , yes, she knows how to smile: but deep down, she really is strong and stern.
Synonyms
* (expression of mirth) cackle, chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, snigger, titter, cachinnation * (something that provokes mirth or scorn) joke, laughing stockDerived terms
* barrel of laughs * belly laugh * bundle of laughs * evil laugh * a laugh a minute * for a laugh * have a laugh * have the last laugh * horselaugh * laughathon * laughless * laughlike * laughline * laugh machine * laughsome * laugh track * laughworthy * laughy * liquid laughVerb
(en verb)- But there was such laughing! Queen Hecuba laugh' d that her eyes ran o'er.
- The roars of laughter which greeted his proclamation were of two qualities; some men laughing' because they knew all about cuckoo-clocks, and other men ' laughing because they had concluded that the eccentric Jake had been victimised by some wise child of civilisation.
- If life seems jolly rotten / There's something you've forgotten / And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
- Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned
- In Folly’s cup ?till laughs the bubble Joy.
- No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more.
- There was something about him, Harry, that amused me. He was such a monster. You will laugh at me, I know, but I really went in and paid a whole guinea for the stage-box. To the present day I can't make out why I did so; and yet if I hadn't! – my dear Harry, if I hadn't, I would have missed the greatest romance of my life. I see you are laughing. It is horrid of you!"
- On the corner is a banker with a motorcar / The little children laugh at him behind his back
- Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
- I shall laugh myself to death.
- From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.
- Fairfax addressed her as "my lady," she laughed her musical laugh, and glanced up at a picture of Gerald with eyes full of exultation.
- "You refuse to take me seriously," Lute said, when she had laughed her appreciation. "How can I take that Planchette rigmarole seriously?"