breathe vs survive

breathe and survive both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
breathe	No	No	Yes	No
survive	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, survive is a hypernym of breathe; that is, survive is a word with a broader meaning than breathe:

Other hypernyms of breathe include exist, live, subsist.

breathe (verb)	survive (verb)
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs	support oneself
expel (gases or odors)	continue to live and avoid dying
reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked	continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax	live longer than
utter or tell
manifest or evince
impart as if by breathing
be alive
allow the passage of air through