different between throttle vs asphyxiate
throttle
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????t?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /???at?l/
- Rhymes: -?t?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte (“throat”), equivalent to throat +? -le. Compare German Drossel (“throttle”). More at throat.
Noun
throttle (plural throttles)
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- Synonyms: accelerator, gas pedal, gas
- (anatomy, archaic) The windpipe or trachea.
- 1817, Walter Scott, The Search After Happiness, or, The Quest of Sultaun Solimaun
- She doucely span her flax and milk'd her
Until the Sultaun strain'd his princely throttle
- She doucely span her flax and milk'd her
- 1817, Walter Scott, The Search After Happiness, or, The Quest of Sultaun Solimaun
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English throtlen (“to choke, strangle, suffocate”), from the noun (see above). Compare German erdrosseln (“to strangle, choke, throttle”).
Verb
throttle (third-person singular simple present throttles, present participle throttling, simple past and past participle throttled)
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
Derived terms
- throttle down
Translations
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asphyxiate
English
Verb
asphyxiate (third-person singular simple present asphyxiates, present participle asphyxiating, simple past and past participle asphyxiated)
- (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
- (intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
Related terms
- asphyxia
Translations
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