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Strangled vs Caught - What's the difference?

strangled | caught |

As verbs the difference between strangled and caught

is that strangled is past tense of strangle while caught is past tense of catch.

As an adjective caught is

of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

strangled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (strangle)

    • 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?

    Related terms

    * strangulate * strangulation

    See also

    * asphyxiate * choke * querk * suffocate * throttle

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    caught

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (catch)

    • Derived terms

    * caught in the act * caught red-handed * caught with one's hand in the cookie jar

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