Difference between indulge and laugh

indulge

Definitions

verb

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

Examples

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

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

His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures.

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laugh

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

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

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 :/

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