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Exile vs Exhale - What's the difference?

exile | exhale |

As verbs the difference between exile and exhale

is that exile is to send into exile while exhale is to expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

As a noun exile

is the state of being banished from one's home or country.

exile

English

Noun

(wikipedia exile) (en noun)
  • The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Let them be recalled from their exile .
  • Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thou art an exile , and thou must not stay.

    Synonyms

    * (the state) banishment * (the person) expatriate, expat

    Derived terms

    * internal exile

    Verb

    (exil)
  • To send into exile.
  • * Tennyson
  • Exiled from eternal God.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Calling home our exiled friends abroad.

    Synonyms

    * banish

    Anagrams

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    exhale

    English

    Verb

    (exhal)
  • 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:
  • Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.
  • To expel (something) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
  • To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
  • The earth exhales''' vapor; marshes '''exhale noxious effluvia.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales .
  • To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
  • 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, inspire

    Derived terms

    * exhalation