asphyxiate vs croak

croak vs asphyxiate

asphyxiate is not a noun while croak is a noun.

asphyxiate and croak both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
asphyxiate	No	No	Yes	No
croak	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, croak is a hypernym of asphyxiate; that is, croak is a word with a broader meaning than asphyxiate:

asphyxiate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
croak: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Other hypernyms of asphyxiate include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

asphyxiate (noun)	croak (noun)
	a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

asphyxiate (verb)	croak (verb)
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing	make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of	utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

Difference between asphyxiate and croak

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