suffocate vs strangle

suffocate and strangle both are verbs.

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

As verbs, suffocate and strangle are synonyms defined as:

suffocate and strangle: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

Other synonyms of suffocate include choke, gag.

As verbs, strangle is a hyponym of suffocate; that is, strangle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suffocate:

suffocate (verb)	strangle (verb)
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air	struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen	prevent the progress or free movement of
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of	die from strangulation
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing	suppress in order to conceal or hide
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of