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succumb vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost vs succumb

succumb and give-up the ghost both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
succumb No No Yes No
give-up the ghost No No Yes No
As verbs, give-up the ghost is a hypernym of succumb; that is, give-up the ghost is a word with a broader meaning than succumb:
  • succumb: be fatally overwhelmed
  • give-up the ghost: 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, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
succumb (verb) give-up the ghost (verb)
consent reluctantly pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
be fatally overwhelmed
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