Difference between indulge and laugh

Definitions

verb

1. yield (to); give satisfaction to
2. enjoy to excess
3. give free rein to
4. treat with excessive indulgence

Examples

The US had once looked upon Japanese ambitions with a level of sympathy, even indulgence.

This norm encourages people to add a lot of extraneous self-indulgent stuff because they see the guests as a captive audience.

Old deliberate contemplations, perceptions after long regard ingathered from abundant nature, theories leisurely compacted in sunshine or storm, to stand in the fields of memory, crowned with beauty by the indulgent years.

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Definitions

verb

1. produce laughter

noun

1. a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
2. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
3. the sound of laughing

Examples

We laugh a lot and he has many anecdotes, funny, funny stories.

Alaric got a bit annoyed at how long we took to leave becuase of the guinea pigs - I didn't know weather to be sympathetic or laugh when he got narky about it :/

The performance had the legislature, including the subjects of the barbs, rocking with laughter.

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