Constrict vs Strangle - What's the difference?
constrict | strangle | Synonyms |
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
To stifle or suppress an action.
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
* Shakespeare
Constrict is a synonym of strangle.
As verbs the difference between constrict and strangle
is that constrict is to narrow, especially by applying pressure while strangle is to kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.strangle
English
Verb
(strangl)- He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
- She strangled a scream.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?