wheeze

As nouns the difference between wheeze and rhonchus

is that wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration while rhonchus is (medicine) a dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.

As a verb wheeze

is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

As nouns the difference between wheeze and grunt

is that wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration while grunt is a short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

As verbs the difference between wheeze and grunt

is that wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma while grunt is to make a grunt or grunts.

As nouns the difference between strain and wheeze

is that strain is (obsolete) treasure or strain can be the act of straining, or the state of being strained while wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

As verbs the difference between strain and wheeze

is that strain is (obsolete) to hold tightly, to clasp while wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

As nouns the difference between whizz and wheeze

is that whizz is while wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

As verbs the difference between whizz and wheeze

is that whizz is while wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

As nouns the difference between wheeze and asthma

is that wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration while asthma is .

As a verb wheeze

is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

As nouns the difference between rasp and wheeze

is that rasp is a coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file while wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

As verbs the difference between rasp and wheeze

is that rasp is to use a rasp while wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

As nouns the difference between wheeze and heave

is that wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration while heave is an effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.

As verbs the difference between wheeze and heave

is that wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma while heave is (archaic) to lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

As nouns the difference between sigh and wheeze

is that sigh is a deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing while wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

As verbs the difference between sigh and wheeze

is that sigh is to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like while wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

As an interjection sigh

is an expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

As nouns the difference between whistle and wheeze

is that whistle is a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound while wheeze is a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

As verbs the difference between whistle and wheeze

is that whistle is (ambitransitive) to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth to produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips while wheeze is to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

As a noun wheeze is

a piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

As a verb wheeze is

to breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.