drown vs perish
perish vs drowndrown and perish both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| drown | No | No | Yes | No |
| perish | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
perish is a hypernym of
drown; that is, perish is a
word with a broader meaning than drown:
- drown: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- perish: 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, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, pop off, snuff it.
| drown (verb) | perish (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 |
Words related to "drown"
Words related to "perish"
- abort
- asphyxiate
- break
- break down
- buy it
- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- change state
- choke
- conk
- conk out
- croak
- decease
- die
- drop dead
- drown
- exit
- expire
- fail
- fall
- famish
- give out
- give way
- give-up the ghost
- go
- go bad
- kick the bucket
- kill
- leave
- leave behind
- pass
- pass away
- pip out
- pop off
- predecease
- snuff it
- starve
- stifle
- succumb
- suffocate
- turn
- yield
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