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

  1. Chuckle as a noun:

    A quiet laugh.

  1. Chuckle as a verb:

    To laugh quietly or inwardly.

  2. Chuckle as a verb (transitive):

    To communicate through chuckling.

    Examples:

    "She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car."

  3. Chuckle as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.

  4. 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"

  5. Chuckle as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek John Dryden"

  1. 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."

  1. Giggle as a noun:

    A high-pitched, silly laugh.

  2. 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."