stifle vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost vs stifle

stifle is a noun but give-up the ghost is not a noun.

stifle and give-up the ghost both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stifle	Yes	No	Yes	No
give-up the ghost	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, give-up the ghost is a hypernym of stifle; that is, give-up the ghost is a word with a broader meaning than stifle:

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

stifle (noun)	give-up the ghost (noun)
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

stifle (verb)	give-up the ghost (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 give-up the ghost

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