succumb vs croak
croak vs succumbsuccumb is not a noun while croak is a noun.
succumb and croak both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| succumb | No | No | Yes | No |
| croak | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
croak is a hypernym of
succumb; that is, croak is a
word with a broader meaning than succumb:
- succumb: be fatally overwhelmed
- croak: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other hypernyms of succumb include
buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
| succumb (noun) | croak (noun) |
|---|---|
| a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) |
| succumb (verb) | croak (verb) |
|---|---|
| consent reluctantly | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
| be fatally overwhelmed | make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath |
| utter a hoarse sound, like a raven |
Words related to "succumb"
Words related to "croak"
- abort
- asphyxiate
- break
- break down
- buy it
- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- change state
- choke
- complain
- conk
- conk out
- croaker
- croaking
- croaky
- cronk
- decease
- die
- drop dead
- drown
- emit
- exit
- expire
- fail
- fall
- famish
- give out
- give way
- give-up the ghost
- gnarl
- go
- go bad
- grumble
- kick
- kick the bucket
- kill
- kvetch
- leave
- leave behind
- let loose
- let out
- murmur
- mutter
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- pip out
- plain
- pop off
- predecease
- quetch
- snuff it
- sound off
- starve
- stifle
- succumb
- suffocate
- turn
- utter
- utterance
- vocalization
- yield
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