Coughing in clinical practice can be triggered by many factors and is quite complex. Conditions like chronic pharyngitis and acute pharyngitis can cause various degrees of cough symptoms. Therefore, clinically, it cannot be stated definitively whether a cough is caused by chronic pharyngitis or acute pharyngitis. The factors involved are not limited to these two; it could be due to physical and chemical irritants, or other inflammatory lesions in the respiratory system, all of which can cause varying degrees of coughing in patients. It is also common for many patients to have both chronic pharyngitis or acute pharyngitis along with conditions like acute bronchitis or chronic bronchitis. Thus, a singular cough cannot be pinned down to either chronic or acute pharyngitis without considering the related medical history, clinical manifestations, and some auxiliary examinations to make a proper diagnosis.