stifle vs die

stifle and die both are nouns.

stifle and die both are verbs.

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

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

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

stifle (noun)	die (noun)
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee	a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
	a device used for shaping metal
	a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

stifle (verb)	die (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	disappear or come to an end
suppress in order to conceal or hide	suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of	stop operating or functioning
	lose sparkle or bouquet
	to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
	cut or shape with a die
	be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
	languish as with love or desire
	feel indifferent towards
	suffer or face the pain of death

Difference between stifle and die

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