suffocate vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost vs suffocate

suffocate and give-up the ghost both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suffocate	No	No	Yes	No
give-up the ghost	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, give-up the ghost is a hypernym of suffocate; that is, give-up the ghost is a word with a broader meaning than suffocate:

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

suffocate (verb)	give-up the ghost (verb)
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
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 give-up the ghost

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