stifle vs expire

expire vs stifle

stifle is a noun but expire is not a noun.

stifle and expire both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

stifle (verb)	expire (verb)
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity	expel air
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	lose validity
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Difference between stifle and expire

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