Difference between Squeeze Out and Eke Out

SQUEEZE OUT vs EKE OUT: VERB

To obtain a difficult victory in a competition
To force a competitor out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one
Used other than as an idiom: see squeeze,‎ out.
Cause to come out in a squirt
Form or shape by forcing through an opening
Extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
Make by laborious and precarious means
Obtain with difficulty
Force out

Dole out, Cut into, Scoop up, Narrow down, Whittle down, Dip into, Drag down, Dig into, Gobble up, Wring out, Force out, Extrude, Eke out, Squirt, Eject

Cold spell, Weighed down, Clamp down, Fend off, Wipe away, Straighten out, Say farewell, Sniff out, Snuff out, Fatten up, Make headway, Shrug off, Dip into, Squeeze out, Fill out

Make headway, Take over, Churn out, Dole out, Cut into, Narrow down, Whittle down, Dip into, Drag down, Dig into, Gobble up, Extrude, Eke out, Squirt, Eject

Cold spell, Weighed down, Clamp down, Fend off, Wipe away, Straighten out, Say farewell, Sniff out, Snuff out, Fatten up, Make headway, Shrug off, Dip into, Squeeze out, Fill out

Rinse thoroughly and gently squeeze out the water.
Islam, awaken their minds and squeeze out extremism.
Gently squeeze out the water from your stockings.
Squeeze out liquids one drop at a time.
Squeeze out cloth and rub over entire surface.
Squeeze out gelatine and add to sugar syrup.
Tip out the water, squeeze out the moss, collecting only the water that squeezes out.
Elton squeezed out everything he could possibly squeeze out of himself, and virtually emptied the barrel of his style.
Minority squeeze outs are more complicated, with a selective capital reduction being the most common method of minority squeeze out.
Squeeze sponges or squeeze out a wet washcloth.

Yet he will chase the right states to eke out an electoral college win.
To eke out her earnings she copied music in the evenings for an agency.
Our parental generation in the 1950s through 1970s toiled to eke out a living.
It would most drastically affect those poor who struggled daily to eke out a to stay off the parish rates and out of workhouses.
Huawei to eke out a larger battery and more advanced camera system.
Black people eke out their existence at an extremely low economic level.
Methodist books, the sale of which must eke out his slender salary.
My tenants are all poor people who eke out a livelihood.
You have to eke out your own territory and clientele.
Welsh miners struggles to eke out a living.