clear one's throat vs inhale

clear one's throat

verb
  • Forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expelling air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than coughing. 

inhale

verb
  • To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm. 

  • To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm. 

  • To eat very quickly. 

noun
  • An inhalation. 

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