Lots of Laughs and Laugh(ing) Out Loud are the same, but Lots of Laughs makes more sense. Such as...
"He's known to get a lot of laughs from the audience"
But...
"A fellow could be heard in the distance, laughing out loud"...?
"I laughed out loud when i heard the joke"...?
"Please be quiet and stop laughing out loud"....?
All that shit dont even sound right. Why even say the "out loud" part?