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Inhale vs Insuck - What's the difference?

inhale | insuck |

As verbs the difference between inhale and insuck

is that inhale is while insuck is to suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up.

As a noun insuck is

the act or process of sucking in; absorption.

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

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    insuck

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up.
  • *1905 , William Baucke, Where the white man treads :
    • The first course was soup, and as the younger used his spoon, his lips reached forth to meet it, at the same time he insucked his breath, which made a particular noise.
  • *1999 , The Atlantic monthly: Volume 284:
    • [...] a wavering or trembling of the haypiles as if the hay itself took breath: insucks & outflows, faint wave motions rippling across low flat haystack is the giveaway [...]
  • *2001 , Ray Bradbury, A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities :
    • The terrible wound of mouth peeled and slithered, insucked and garbled a single word: [...]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of sucking in; absorption.
  • *2004 , Aidan Higgins, A bestiary :
    • The refill, the tamping down with finger, the match lit, the quick insucks , the very flushed face very serious now, sound of sucking in air, bubbling of pipe, waving of match to extinguish, puffing out clouds of smoke, rolling over on [...]
  • *2006 , Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer, Beverly Whipple, The science of orgasm :
    • The timing of the insuck of semen in relation to sperm capacitation (the process that renders sperm capable of fertilizing an egg) has been discussed critically by Levin (2002).