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give-up the ghost vs predecease

predecease vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost and predecease both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
give-up the ghost No No Yes No
predecease No No Yes No
As verbs, predecease is a hyponym of give-up the ghost; that is, predecease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than give-up the ghost:
  • give-up the ghost: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • predecease: die before; die earlier than
Other hyponyms of give-up the ghost include abort, asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.
give-up the ghost (verb) predecease (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life die before; die earlier than
Difference between give-up the ghost and predecease

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