Blushing vs. Laugh — What's the Difference?

Blushing is the reddening of a person's face due to psychological reasons. It is normally involuntary and triggered by emotional stress associated with passion, embarrassment, shyness, fear, anger, or romantic stimulation.

To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.

To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.

To show or feel amusement or good humor

To become red or rosy.

To feel or express derision or contempt; mock

To feel embarrassed or ashamed

To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being

A reddening of the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame.

To produce sounds resembling laughter

A red or rosy color

To affect or influence by laughter

A glance, look, or view

To say with a laugh

Makeup used on the face and especially on the cheekbones to give a usually rosy tint. Also called blusher.

The act of laughing.

Present participle of blush

The sound of laughing; laughter.

The act of one who blushes; a blush.

(Informal) Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke

Showing blushes; rosy red.

Often laughs(Informal) Fun; amusement

Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.

Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset;

A fun person.

(intransitive) 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.

To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.

(transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

(transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

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.

Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

To express by, or utter with, laughter; - with out.

The sound of laughing

A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing;

A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

Produce laughter