hyperventilate vs respire

hyperventilate and respire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hyperventilate	No	No	Yes	No
respire	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, respire is a hypernym of hyperventilate; that is, respire is a word with a broader meaning than hyperventilate:

Other hypernyms of hyperventilate include breathe, suspire, take a breath.

hyperventilate (verb)	respire (verb)
breathe excessively hard and fast	draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
produce hyperventilation in	undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
	breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety