different between expiration vs exhaling

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French expiration, from Latin exsp?r?ti?nem, accusative singular of exsp?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.sp???e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

expiration (countable and uncountable, plural expirations)

1. The act of expiring.
2. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth

   respiration consists of inspiration and expiration

3. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
4. (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
5. A cessation, extinction, ending
6. That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Usage notes

In most senses, mainly US; UK equivalent is expiry.

Synonyms

• (breathing out): exhalation
• (cessation): termination, end

Antonyms

• (breathing out): inspiration, inhalation

Derived terms

• expiration date

Related terms

• expiry
• expire

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French expiration, borrowed from Latin exsp?r?ti?nem, accusative singular of exsp?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

expiration f (plural expirations)

1. expiration (act of expiring)
2. expiration (act of breathing out)
3. expiration (end)

Related terms

• expirer

Further reading

• “expiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

Verb

exhaling

1. present participle of exhale

Noun

exhaling (plural exhalings)

1. exhalation
   • 2004, Patricia Bow, The Bone Flute

     Diarmid sang in a language Camrose didn't know, with a lot of liquid sounds mixed up with exhalings from deep in the throat.