stifle vs croak

croak vs stifle

stifle and croak both are nouns.

stifle and croak both are verbs.

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

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

stifle: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
croak: 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, conk, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

stifle (noun)	croak (noun)
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee	a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

stifle (verb)	croak (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	make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
suppress in order to conceal or hide	utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Difference between stifle and croak

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