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Strangled vs Challenging - What's the difference?

strangled | challenging |

As verbs the difference between strangled and challenging

is that strangled is (strangle) while challenging is .

As an adjective challenging is

difficult, hard to do.

As a noun challenging is

the act of making a challenge.

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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    challenging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult, hard to do.

    • Antonyms

    * unchallenging

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a challenge.
  • * Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws (page 151)
    • There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

    See also

    * challenge