laugh vs humour

humour vs laugh

laugh and humour both are nouns.

laugh and humour both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
laugh	Yes	No	Yes	No
humour	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, humour is a hypernym of laugh; that is, humour is a word with a broader meaning than laugh:

laugh: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
humour: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Other hypernyms of laugh include humor, wit, witticism, wittiness.

laugh (noun)	humour (noun)
the sound of laughing	the quality of being funny
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter	the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing	the liquid parts of the body
	(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
	a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

laugh (verb)	humour (verb)
produce laughter	put into a good mood

Difference between laugh and humour

Words related to "humour"

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