Suffocating vs Stifling - What's the difference?
suffocating | stifling | Related terms |
suffocation
* (Mark Twain)
That stifles.
:The heat was stifling ; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.
The act by which something is stifled.
* 1857 , Henry Clay Fish, Pulpit eloquence of the nineteenth century (page 507)
As verbs the difference between suffocating and stifling
is that suffocating is present participle of suffocate while stifling is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between suffocating and stifling
is that suffocating is suffocation while stifling is the act by which something is stifled.As an adjective stifling is
that stifles.suffocating
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings .
stifling
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
