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Asphyxiation vs Choking - What's the difference?

asphyxiation | choking |

As nouns the difference between asphyxiation and choking

is that asphyxiation is death due to lack of oxygen while choking is the process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.

As a verb choking is

present participle of lang=en.

asphyxiation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Death due to lack of oxygen.
  • An acute lack of oxygen.

    • choking

    English

    (wikipedia choking)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
  • The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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