๐Ÿ˜‚ or ๐Ÿ˜ƒ โ€” what is the difference

Two similar symbols side by side: ๐Ÿ˜‚ is face with tears of joy, ๐Ÿ˜ƒ is grinning face with big eyes. Below you can see where they part ways in meaning, in the version of the standard and in where they get drawn at all.

๐Ÿ˜‚ face with tears of joy ๐Ÿ˜ƒ grinning face with big eyes
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Category Smiling Faces Smiling Faces
Emoji version 0.6 0.6
Code points U+1F602 U+1F603
Own keywords crying, feels, funny, haha, hehe, hilarious, joy, laugh, lmao, lol awesome, big, eyes, grin, grinning, mouth, open, smile, smiling, teeth

Shared by both: face, happy. Both symbols come from the same subcategory of the catalogue.

๐Ÿ˜‚ face with tears of joy

  • Apple always there
  • Google always there
  • Microsoft always there
  • Samsung always there

๐Ÿ˜ƒ grinning face with big eyes

  • Apple always there
  • Google always there
  • Microsoft always there
  • Samsung always there