stifle

As a verb asphyxiate

is to smother or suffocate someone.

As a noun stifle is

boots.

Soften is a related term of stifle.

As a verb soften

is to make something soft or softer.

As a noun stifle is

boots.

In transitive terms the difference between generate and stifle

is that generate is to procreate, beget while stifle is to treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.

In intransitive terms the difference between generate and stifle

is that generate is to appear or occur; be generated while stifle is to die of suffocation.

As a noun stifle is

a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.

As nouns the difference between stifle and stile

is that stifle is a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses while stile is a set of steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.

As a verb stifle

is to interrupt or cut off.

As a verb strangulate

is (medicine) to stop flow through a vessel.

As a noun stifle is

boots.

As an adjective stifled

is that has been interrupted, suppressed etc.

As a verb stifled

is (stifle).

As a noun stifle is

boots.

In transitive terms the difference between thwart and stifle

is that thwart is to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate while stifle is to treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.

As an adjective thwart

is situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

As an adverb thwart

is obliquely; transversely; athwart.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and stifle

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while stifle is boots.

As nouns the difference between nurture and stifle

is that nurture is the act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training while stifle is a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.

As verbs the difference between nurture and stifle

is that nurture is to nourish or nurse while stifle is to interrupt or cut off.

As nouns the difference between stifle and yawn

is that stifle is boots while yawn is the action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.

As a verb yawn is

to open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.