stifle vs conk

stifle and conk both are nouns.

stifle and conk both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stifle	Yes	No	Yes	No
conk	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, conk is a hypernym of stifle; that is, conk is a word with a broader meaning than stifle:

stifle: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
conk: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Other hypernyms of stifle include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, 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)	conk (noun)
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee	informal term for the nose

stifle (verb)	conk (verb)
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity	pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
suppress in order to conceal or hide	hit, especially on the head
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of	come to a stop

Difference between stifle and conk

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