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heaving vs respiration

respiration vs heaving

heaving and respiration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heaving Yes No No No
respiration Yes No No No
As nouns, respiration is a hypernym of heaving; that is, respiration is a word with a broader meaning than heaving:
  • heaving: breathing heavily (as after exertion)
  • respiration: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
Other hypernyms of heaving include breathing, external respiration, ventilation.
heaving (noun) respiration (noun)
throwing something heavy (with great effort) the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
breathing heavily (as after exertion) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
the act of lifting something with great effort a single complete act of breathing in and out
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
Difference between heaving and respiration

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