The difference between Laughing and Laughter
When used as nouns, laughing means the action of the verb to laugh, whereas laughter means the sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled.
check bellow for the other definitions of Laughing and Laughter
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Laughing as a noun:
The action of the verb to laugh.
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Laughing as a verb:
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Laughter as a noun:
The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
Examples:
"Their loud laughter betrayed their presence."
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Laughter as a noun:
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
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Laughter as a noun (archaic):
A reason for merriment.