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Choking vs Shrinking - What's the difference?

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Choking is a related term of shrinking.


As nouns the difference between choking and shrinking

is that choking is the process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly while shrinking is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

As verbs the difference between choking and shrinking

is that choking is while shrinking is .

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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    shrinking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.