Giggle vs. Guffaw — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Giggle and Guffaw
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Giggle
To laugh with repeated short, spasmodic sounds.
Guffaw
A hearty, boisterous burst of laughter.
Giggle
To utter while giggling.
Guffaw
To laugh heartily and boisterously.
Giggle
A short, spasmodic laugh.
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Guffaw
A boisterous laugh.
Giggle
To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.
Guffaw
(intransitive) To laugh boisterously.
Giggle
A high-pitched, silly laugh.
Guffaw
A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.
Giggle
(informal) Fun; an amusing episode.
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.
Guffaw
A burst of deep loud hearty laughter
Giggle
To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.
Giggling and laughing with all their mightAt the piteous hap of the fairy wight.
Guffaw
Laugh boisterously
Giggle
A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
Giggle
A foolish or nervous laugh
Giggle
Laugh nervously;
The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom
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