stifle vs cash in one's chips

cash in one's chips vs stifle

stifle is a noun but cash in one's chips is not a noun.

stifle and cash in one's chips both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stifle	Yes	No	Yes	No
cash in one's chips	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cash in one's chips is a hypernym of stifle; that is, cash in one's chips is a word with a broader meaning than stifle:

stifle: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
cash in one's chips: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Other hypernyms of stifle include buy the farm, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

stifle (noun)	cash in one's chips (noun)
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

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

Difference between stifle and cash in one's chips

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