breathing vs artificial respiration

artificial respiration vs breathing

breathing and artificial respiration both are nouns.

breathing is an adjective but artificial respiration is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
breathing	Yes	Yes	No	No
artificial respiration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artificial respiration is a hyponym of breathing; that is, artificial respiration 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
artificial respiration: an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially

Other hyponyms of breathing include abdominal breathing, 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)	artificial respiration (noun)
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation	an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially

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

Difference between breathing and artificial respiration

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