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Stifling vs Oppressive - What's the difference?

stifling | oppressive |

As adjectives the difference between stifling and oppressive

is that stifling is that stifles while oppressive is burdensome or difficult to bear.

As a verb stifling

is .

As a noun stifling

is the act by which something is stifled.

stifling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That stifles.
  • :The heat was stifling ; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is stifled.
  • * 1857 , Henry Clay Fish, Pulpit eloquence of the nineteenth century (page 507)
    • Every man who is destroyed must destroy himself. When a man stifles an admonition of conscience, he may fairly be said to sow the stiflings of conscience.

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    oppressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Burdensome or difficult to bear.
    • The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
  • Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
    • The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
  • Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
    • Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?

    Synonyms

    * (weather) humid, close