Cackle vs. Hackle — What's the Difference?

To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg.

The hackle is a clipped feather plume that is attached to a military headdress. In the British Army and the armies of some Commonwealth countries, the hackle is worn by some infantry regiments, especially those designated as fusilier regiments and those with Scottish and Northern Irish origins.

To laugh or talk in a shrill manner.

Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl.

To utter in cackles

Hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.

The act or sound of cackling.

A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly.

Shrill laughter.

To trim (an artificial fishing fly) with a hackle.

Foolish chatter.

To chop roughly; mangle by hacking.

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

To hack.

A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.

An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.

Futile or excessively noisy talk.

One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.

A group of hyenas.

(fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.

(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.

A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.

(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.

To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.

A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.

To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.

To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.

To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

(transitive) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

To tear asunder; to break into pieces.

Idle talk; silly prattle.

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

The sound made by a hen after laying an egg

Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

Noisy talk

One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, - often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

Talk or utter in a cackling manner;

To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

Squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens

To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

Comb with a heckle;