confine vs strangle

confine and strangle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confine	No	No	Yes	No
strangle	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, strangle is a hyponym of confine; that is, strangle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confine:

confine (verb)	strangle (verb)
place limits on (extent or amount or access)	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement	struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
prevent from leaving or from being removed	prevent the progress or free movement of
deprive of freedom; take into confinement	die from strangulation
close in	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
	suppress in order to conceal or hide