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Ventilate vs Hyperventilate - What's the difference?

ventilate | hyperventilate |

As verbs the difference between ventilate and hyperventilate

is that ventilate is to replace stale or noxious air with fresh while hyperventilate is to breathe quickly and deeply.

ventilate

English

Verb

(ventilat)
  • To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
  • To circulate air through a building, etc.
  • To provide with a vent.
  • To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
  • To expose something to public examination or discussion.
  • (medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient.
  • hyperventilate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To breathe quickly and deeply