Difference between Stifle and Suppress

STIFLE vs SUPPRESS: NOUN

The stifle-joint.
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under horse.
A small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan.
A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
A bone disease of this region.
Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
Disease or other affection of the stifle-bone or stifle-joint, as dislocation or fracture of the patella.

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Conceal or hide
Smother or suppress
To interrupt or cut off.
To repress, keep in or hold back.
To smother or suffocate.
To feel smothered etc.
To die of suffocation.
To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.
Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
To put down by force or authority
Put out of one's consciousness
Keep under control; keep in check
Control and refrain from showing; of emotions
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means.
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench.
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge.

To inhibit the expression of (a gene).
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent.
To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of.
To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of.
To restrain the growth, activity, or release of.
To inhibit the expression of.
To put an end to forcibly; subdue.
To curtail or prohibit the activities of.
To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.
To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.

To choke up; dam up; close.
To kill by impeding respiration, as by covering the mouth and nose, by introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs, or by other means; suffocate or greatly oppress by foul air or otherwise; smother.
To stop the passage of; arrest the free action of; extinguish; deaden; quench: as, to stifle flame; to stifle sound.
To suppress; keep from active manifestation; keep from public notice; conceal; repress; destroy: as, to stifle inquiry; to stifle a report; to stifle passion; to stifle convictions.
Synonyms Suffocate, Strangle, etc. See smother.
To husn, muffle, muzzle, gag.
To suffocate; perish by asphyxia.
Suppress in order to conceal or hide
Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
Corresponds to the human knee
Be asphyxiated
Die from lack of oxygen

To overpower; subdue; put down; quell; crush; stamp out.
To restrain from utterance or vent; keep in; repress: as, to suppress a groan.
To withhold from disclosure; conceal; refuse or forbear to reveal; withhold from publication; withdraw from circulation, or prohibit circulation of: as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a letter; to suppress an article or a poem.
To hinder from passage or circulation; stop; stifle; smother.
Bring under control by force or authority
Control and refrain from showing
Consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
Lessen to the point of stopping
To stop by remedial means; check; restrain: as, to suppress a diarrhea or a hemorrhage.

Restrict, Curtail, Quash, Inhibit, Suppress, Frustrate, Thwart, Hamper, Undermine, Impede, Hinder, Knee, Muffle, Smother, Dampen

Counteract, Restrain, Suppression, Quell, Stifle, Quash, Bottle up, Stamp down, Conquer, Crush, Curb, Oppress, Subdue, Inhibit, Repress

Restrict, Curtail, Quash, Inhibit, Suppress, Frustrate, Thwart, Hamper, Undermine, Impede, Hinder, Knee, Muffle, Smother, Dampen

Curtail, Thwart, Neutralize, Counteract, Restrain, Quell, Stifle, Quash, Bottle up, Conquer, Crush, Curb, Oppress, Subdue, Inhibit

Woody vainly attempts to stifle the recoiling pullstring.
This will help retain moisture and stifle weeds.
Drug Warrior Tries to Stifle Critics of Prohibition.
An agreement to stifle prosecution is against law.
We stifle within ourselves the voices of prejudice.
Those built on outdated technology can stifle both.
The former can stifle innovation and technological progress.
ANT: Recal, suppress, repress, hush, stifle, check, swallow.
It should provide guidelines but not stifle creativity.
The policies that come out of Washington actually stifle expansion and stifle job growth.

Outlook provides no way to suppress this behavior.
To suppress the autonomous house mentioned in can.
God, the more they press to suppress it.
Aim may be used to suppress primocane emergence.
Whether to suppress errors during the DB bootstrapping.
Unlike real shells, quotation does not suppress expansions.
The Motion to Suppress the Defendant s Confession The defendant next claims that the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress his confessions.
Beam smart antennas suppress it with the narrow beam and adaptive array antennas suppress the interference by adjusting the beam pattern.
Motion to Suppress should be to specify the evidence the party seeks to suppress.
Select If Error, Suppress to suppress data in cells that cannot be retrieved or calculated because of errors.