Strangled vs Muffled - What's the difference?
strangled | muffled |
(strangle)
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
To stifle or suppress an action.
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
* Shakespeare
(muffle)
Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up .
* Addison
* Dryden
* Arbuthnot
To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 397:
(dated) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
As verbs the difference between strangled and muffled
is that strangled is past tense of strangle while muffled is past tense of muffle.strangled
English
Verb
(head)strangle
English
Verb
(strangl)- He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
- She strangled a scream.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
See also
* asphyxiate * choke * querk * suffocate * throttleExternal links
* * *muffled
English
Verb
(head)muffle
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(muffl)- The face lies muffled up within the garment.
- He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
- muffled up in darkness and superstition
- to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
- The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.