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yield vs expire

expire vs yield

yield is a noun but expire is not a noun.

yield and expire both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
yield Yes No Yes No
expire No No Yes No
As verbs, expire is a hypernym of yield; that is, expire is a word with a broader meaning than yield:
  • yield: be fatally overwhelmed
  • expire: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other hypernyms of yield 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.
yield (noun) expire (noun)
production of a certain amount
an amount of a product
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
yield (verb) expire (verb)
end resistance, as under pressure or force expel air
consent reluctantly pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
be willing to concede lose validity
cease opposition; stop fighting
be flexible under stress of physical force
give or supply
cause to happen or be responsible for
move in order to make room for someone for something
bring in
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
be the cause or source of
give in, as to influence or pressure
be fatally overwhelmed
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