make/have

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

I wonder if there is any difference in the meaning between “1” and “2”.

  1. He made me laugh.
  2. He had me laughing.
2

The meaning is pretty similar. To use my favourite adjective w.r.t. continuous tenses, #2 feels more vivid – more as if you are being placed at the time when the laughing happened, rather than looking back on it as a completed event. (Grammatically #2 is also in the past, of couse, but nevertheless has this nuance.)