different between respiration vs suspiration

English

Etymology

From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin resp?r?ti?, resp?r?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sp???e???n/
• Hyphenation: res?pi?ra?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

respiration (countable and uncountable, plural respirations)

1. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
2. An act of breathing; a breath.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 76:

     Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.

3. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
4. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.

Derived terms

• artificial respiration
• cellular respiration

Related terms

• respire

Translations

See also

• circulatory system
• pulmonary circulation

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respiratio, respirationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.pi.?a.sj??/

Noun

respiration f (plural respirations)

1. respiration

Related terms

• respirer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• piraterions, repaitrions, repaîtrions, repatriions

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin susp?r?ti?, susp?r?ti?nem (“sighing”).

Noun

suspiration (plural suspirations)

1. The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 80:

     and the assistance of the inward Intercostal Muscles in deep Suspirations, when we take more large gulps of Aire to cool our heart overcharged with Love or Sorrow […]

Related terms

• suspire