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expire vs starve

starve vs expire

expire and starve both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
expire No No Yes No
starve No No Yes No
As verbs, starve is a hyponym of expire; that is, starve is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than expire:
  • expire: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • starve: die of food deprivation
Other hyponyms of expire include abort, asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, fall, succumb, yield.
expire (verb) starve (verb)
expel air be hungry; go without food
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
lose validity die of food deprivation
deprive of food
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
Difference between expire and starve

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