suffocate vs expire

expire vs suffocate

suffocate and expire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suffocate	No	No	Yes	No
expire	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, expire is a hypernym of suffocate; that is, expire is a word with a broader meaning than suffocate:

suffocate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
expire: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Other hypernyms of suffocate include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

suffocate (verb)	expire (verb)
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake	expel air
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen	lose validity
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Difference between suffocate and expire

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