stifle vs snuff it

snuff it vs stifle

stifle is a noun but snuff it is not a noun.

stifle and snuff it both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stifle	Yes	No	Yes	No
snuff it	No	No	Yes	No

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

stifle: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
snuff it: 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, pop off.

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

stifle (verb)	snuff it (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 snuff it

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