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drown vs decease

decease vs drown

drown is not a noun while decease is a noun.

drown and decease both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
drown No No Yes No
decease Yes No Yes No
As verbs, decease is a hypernym of drown; that is, decease is a word with a broader meaning than drown:
  • drown: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
  • decease: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other hypernyms of drown include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
drown (noun) decease (noun)
the event of dying or departure from life
drown (verb) decease (verb)
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
kill by submerging in water
get rid of as if by submerging
cover completely or make imperceptible
be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
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