chuckle vs have a laugh

chuckle

verb

  • To laugh quietly or inwardly. 

  • To communicate through chuckling. 

noun

  • A quiet laugh. 

have a laugh

verb

  • To laugh. 

  • To joke; kid around. 

  • To enjoy oneself; have fun. 

How often have the words chuckle and have a laugh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )