Haugh vs. Laugh — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Haugh and Laugh
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Definitions
Haugh
A low-lying meadow in a river valley.
Laugh
To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.
Haugh
A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
Laugh
To show or feel amusement or good humor
An experience we would laugh about later on.
Haugh
A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough.
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Laugh
To feel or express derision or contempt; mock
I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was.
Laugh
To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being
You won't be laughing when the truth comes out.
Laugh
To produce sounds resembling laughter
Parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.
Laugh
To affect or influence by laughter
Laughed the speaker off the stage.
Laughed the proposal down.
Laugh
To say with a laugh
He laughed his delight at the victory.
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Laugh
The act of laughing.
Laugh
The sound of laughing; laughter.
Laugh
(Informal) Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke
The solution they recommended was a laugh.
Laugh
Often laughs(Informal) Fun; amusement
Went along just for laughs.
Laugh
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
His deep laughs boomed through the room.
Laugh
Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
Your new hat's an absolute laugh, dude.
Laugh
A fun person.
Laugh
(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.
There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.
Laugh
To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Laugh
To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
Don't laugh at my new hat, man!
Laugh
(transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Laugh
(transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.
Laugh
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.
Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er.
He laugheth that winneth.
Laugh
Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned.
In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy.
No wit to flatter left of all his store,No fool to laugh at, which he valued more.
Laugh
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
I shall laugh myself to death.
Laugh
To express by, or utter with, laughter; - with out.
From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.
Laugh
The sound of laughing
Laugh
A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing;
His face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
Laugh
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;
He told a very funny joke
He knows a million gags
Thanks for the laugh
He laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest
Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Laugh
Produce laughter
