suffocation vs wheeze

suffocation

noun
  • Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death. 

  • A child left unattended may die of suffocation. 

  • A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia. 

wheeze

noun
  • A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. 

  • An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. 

  • Something very humorous or laughable. 

  • An ulterior scheme or plan. 

  • A sound that resembles a human wheezing. 

verb
  • To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. 

  • To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing. 

  • To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing. 

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