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Inhale vs Inhaling - What's the difference?

inhale | inhaling |

As verbs the difference between inhale and inhaling

is that inhale is while inhaling is .

As a noun inhaling is

inhalation.

inhale

English

Verb

(inhal)
  • 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.
    • The hungry child inhaled her meal.

    Synonyms

    * (draw air into the lungs) inbreathe, breathe in, inspire * inbreathe, breathe in, inspire

    Antonyms

    * (draw air into the lungs) outbreathe, breathe out, exhale, expire (archaic) * outbreathe, breathe out, exhale

    Derived terms

    * inhalation * French inhale

    Related terms

    * inhaler

    External links

    * * *

    Anagrams

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    inhaling

    English

    (wikipedia inhaling)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • inhalation
  • * 2001 , Frederick Alan Casemore, Skylarks: For Myself, Lest I Forget, Or Die Unsung (page 171)
    • Smoking was difficult, I had to have perfect timing, sticking my head as far out the tiny porthole as I could, and timing my puffs to the inhalings and exhalings of the ship.