stifle vs drop dead

drop dead vs stifle

stifle is a noun but drop dead is not a noun.

stifle and drop dead both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stifle	Yes	No	Yes	No
drop dead	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

stifle (noun)	drop dead (noun)
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

stifle (verb)	drop dead (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 drop dead

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