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Panting vs Suffocating - What's the difference?

panting | suffocating |

As verbs the difference between panting and suffocating

is that panting is while suffocating is .

As nouns the difference between panting and suffocating

is that panting is the act of one who pants while suffocating is suffocation.

panting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who pants.
  • * William Wordsworth
    • Now here, now there, moved by the straggling wind, / Came ever and anon a breathlike sound, / Quick as the pantings of the faithful dog

    suffocating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • suffocation
  • * (Mark Twain)
    • Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings .