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kick the bucket vs stifle

stifle vs kick the bucket

kick the bucket is not a noun while stifle is a noun.

kick the bucket and stifle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kick the bucket No No Yes No
stifle Yes No Yes No
As verbs, stifle is a hyponym of kick the bucket; that is, stifle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kick the bucket:
  • kick the bucket: 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 kick the bucket include abort, asphyxiate, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.
kick the bucket (noun) stifle (noun)
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
kick the bucket (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
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