starve vs choke

choke vs starve

starve is not a noun while choke is a noun.

starve and choke both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
starve	No	No	Yes	No
choke	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, choke is a hypernym of starve; that is, choke is a word with a broader meaning than starve:

starve: die of food deprivation
choke: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Other hypernyms of starve include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

starve (noun)	choke (noun)
	a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
	a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

starve (verb)	choke (verb)
be hungry; go without food	breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for	cause to retch or choke
die of food deprivation	struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
deprive of food	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering	reduce the air supply
	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
	suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
	become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
	be too tight; rub or press
	become or cause to become obstructed
	wring the neck of
	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
	check or slow down the action or effect of
	fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

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