asphyxiate vs exit

exit vs asphyxiate

asphyxiate is not a noun while exit is a noun.

asphyxiate and exit both are verbs.

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

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

asphyxiate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
exit: 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, croak, decease, die, drop dead, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

asphyxiate (noun)	exit (noun)
	the act of going out
	an opening that permits escape or release
	euphemistic expressions for death

asphyxiate (verb)	exit (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	lose the lead
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of	move out of or depart from

Difference between asphyxiate and exit

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