breathing vs heaving

heaving vs breathing

breathing and heaving both are nouns.

breathing is an adjective but heaving is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, heaving is a hyponym of breathing; that is, heaving 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
heaving: breathing heavily (as after exertion)

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

breathing (noun)	heaving (noun)
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation	throwing something heavy (with great effort)
	breathing heavily (as after exertion)
	the act of lifting something with great effort
	an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

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

Difference between breathing and heaving

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