drown vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost vs drown

drown and give-up the ghost both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drown	No	No	Yes	No
give-up the ghost	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, give-up the ghost is a hypernym of drown; that is, give-up the ghost is a word with a broader meaning than drown:

drown: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
give-up the ghost: 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, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

drown (verb)	give-up the ghost (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

Difference between drown and give-up the ghost

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