stifle vs pop off

pop off vs stifle

stifle is a noun but pop off is not a noun.

stifle and pop off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stifle	Yes	No	Yes	No
pop off	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

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

stifle (verb)	pop off (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	leave quickly
suppress in order to conceal or hide
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Difference between stifle and pop off

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