breathing vs hyperpnea

hyperpnea vs breathing

breathing and hyperpnea both are nouns.

breathing is an adjective but hyperpnea is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, hyperpnea is a hyponym of breathing; that is, hyperpnea 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
hyperpnea: energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders

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

breathing (noun)	hyperpnea (noun)
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation	energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders

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

Difference between breathing and hyperpnea

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