Laugh vs. Grin — What's the Difference?

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

Smile broadly

To show or feel amusement or good humor

A broad smile

To feel or express derision or contempt; mock

To smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion.

To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being

To express with a grin

To produce sounds resembling laughter

The act of grinning.

To affect or influence by laughter

The facial expression produced by grinning.

To say with a laugh

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

The act of laughing.

(obsolete) A snare; a gin.

The sound of laughing; laughter.

(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

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

(transitive) To express by grinning.

Often laughs(Informal) Fun; amusement

To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.

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

(transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

A snare; a gin.

A fun person.

The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.

(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 show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.

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

To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.

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

To express by grinning.

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

A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

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

To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl

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