Asphyxiation vs Suffocation - What's the difference?
asphyxiation | suffocation |
(uncountable) Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
(countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.
As nouns the difference between asphyxiation and suffocation
is that asphyxiation is death due to lack of oxygen while suffocation is asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.suffocation
English
Noun
- A child left unattended may die of suffocation .
- The coroner reported three suffocations last week.
