expire vs breathe

expire and breathe both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expire	No	No	Yes	No
breathe	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, breathe is a hypernym of expire; that is, breathe is a word with a broader meaning than expire:

Other hypernyms of expire include respire, suspire, take a breath.

expire (verb)	breathe (verb)
expel air	draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life	expel (gases or odors)
lose validity	reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
	take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
	utter or tell
	manifest or evince
	impart as if by breathing
	be alive
	allow the passage of air through