The difference between Chuckle and Giggle
When used as nouns, chuckle means a quiet laugh, whereas giggle means a high-pitched, silly laugh.
When used as verbs, chuckle means to laugh quietly or inwardly, whereas giggle means to laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice.
check bellow for the other definitions of Chuckle and Giggle
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Chuckle as a noun:
A quiet laugh.
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Chuckle as a verb:
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
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Chuckle as a verb (transitive):
To communicate through chuckling.
Examples:
"She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car."
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Chuckle as a verb (intransitive, archaic):
To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
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Chuckle as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
Examples:
"rfquotek John Dryden"
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Chuckle as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Examples:
"rfquotek John Dryden"
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Giggle as a verb:
To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.
Examples:
"The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening."
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Giggle as a noun:
A high-pitched, silly laugh.
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Giggle as a noun (informal):
Fun; an amusing episode.
Examples:
"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."