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Strangle vs Estrange - What's the difference?

strangle | estrange |

In lang=en terms the difference between strangle and estrange

is that strangle is to be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner while estrange is to remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

As verbs the difference between strangle and estrange

is that strangle is to kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle while estrange is to cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate to cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).

strangle

English

Verb

(strangl)
  • To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
  • He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
  • To stifle or suppress an action.
  • She strangled a scream.
  • To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
  • The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
  • To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?

    See also

    * asphyxiate * choke * querk * suffocate * throttle

    estrange

    English

    Verb

    (estrang)
  • To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
  • To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
  • Usage notes

    Largely synonymous with alienate, estrange'' is primarily used to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting, while ''alienate'' is rather used to refer to driving off (“he ''alienated'' her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks ''alienated the urban demographic”). When speaking of parents being estranged from a child of theirs, disown is frequently used instead, and has a stronger connotation.

    Synonyms

    * (cause to feel less close) alienate, antagonize, disaffect, isolate * (remove from an accustomed context) wean

    Derived terms

    * estrangement * estranger

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

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