survive vs breathe

survive and breathe both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
survive	No	No	Yes	No
breathe	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of survive include drift, freewheel.

survive (verb)	breathe (verb)
support oneself	draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
continue to live and avoid dying	expel (gases or odors)
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)	reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
live longer than	take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
	utter or tell
	manifest or evince
	impart as if by breathing
	be alive
	allow the passage of air through