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Suffocating vs Sweltering - What's the difference?

suffocating | sweltering | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between suffocating and sweltering

is that suffocating is present participle of suffocate while sweltering is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun suffocating

is suffocation.

As an adjective sweltering is

hot and humid; oppressively sticky.

suffocating

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • suffocation
  • * (Mark Twain)
    • 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 .

    sweltering

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
    • The day was sweltering , so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.

    Verb

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