Exhale vs Inhale - What's the difference?
exhale | inhale | Antonyms |
To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
* 2008 , Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris , John Murray 2009, p. 9:
To expel (something) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
* Alexander Pope
To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
(figuratively) To eat very quickly.
Inhale is an antonym of exhale.
Exhale is an antonym of inhale.
As verbs the difference between exhale and inhale
is that exhale is to expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm while inhale is to draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.exhale
English
Verb
(exhal)- Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.
- The earth exhales''' vapor; marshes '''exhale noxious effluvia.
- Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales .
- The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.
Synonyms
* outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic) * outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic)Antonyms
* inbreathe, breathe in, inhale * inbreathe, breathe in, inspireDerived terms
* exhalationExternal links
* * * ----inhale
English
Verb
(inhal)- The hungry child inhaled her meal.