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buy the farm vs suffocate

suffocate vs buy the farm

buy the farm and suffocate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
buy the farm No No Yes No
suffocate No No Yes No
As verbs, suffocate is a hyponym of buy the farm; that is, suffocate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than buy the farm:
  • buy the farm: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • suffocate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
Other hyponyms of buy the farm include abort, asphyxiate, stifle, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.
buy the farm (verb) suffocate (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Difference between buy the farm and suffocate

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