The difference between Giggle and Titter
When used as nouns, giggle means a high-pitched, silly laugh, whereas titter means a nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
When used as verbs, giggle means to laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice, whereas titter means to laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
check bellow for the other definitions of Giggle and Titter
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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."
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Titter as a verb:
To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
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Titter as a verb (obsolete):
To teeter; to seesaw.
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Titter as a noun:
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
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Titter as a noun (slang, vulgar, chiefly, in the plural):
A woman's breast.