breathing vs abdominal breathing

abdominal breathing vs breathing

breathing and abdominal breathing both are nouns.

breathing is an adjective but abdominal breathing is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
breathing	Yes	Yes	No	No
abdominal breathing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abdominal breathing is a hyponym of breathing; that is, abdominal breathing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than breathing:

breathing: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
abdominal breathing: breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles

Other hyponyms of breathing include artificial respiration, eupnea, eupnoea, hyperpnea, hypopnea, hyperventilation, heaving, panting, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, periodic breathing, smoke, smoking, snore, snoring, stertor, sniffle, snivel, snuffle, wheeze, second wind.

breathing (noun)	abdominal breathing (noun)
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation	breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles

breathing (adjective)	abdominal breathing (adjective)
passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

Difference between breathing and abdominal breathing

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