give-up the ghost vs stifle

give-up the ghost is not a noun while stifle is a noun.

give-up the ghost and stifle both are verbs.

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

As verbs, stifle is a hyponym of give-up the ghost; that is, stifle 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
stifle: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

Other hyponyms of give-up the ghost include abort, asphyxiate, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.

give-up the ghost (noun)	stifle (noun)
	joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

give-up the ghost (verb)	stifle (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life	suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
	be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
	suppress in order to conceal or hide
	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

give-up the ghost vs stifle

give-up the ghost is not a noun while stifle is a noun.

give-up the ghost and stifle both are verbs.

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