Difference between Stifles and Smother

STIFLES vs SMOTHER: NOUN

A confused multitude of things
A stifling cloud of smoke
That which smothers or appears to smother, in any sense.
Something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust, that smothers or tends to smother.
Smoldering; slow combustion.
Confusion; excess with disorder: as, a perfect smother of letters and papers.
The state of being stifled; suppression.
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
A state of suppression.
That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
An aphid.
The act of smothering a kick (see above).

To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
To get in the way of a kick of the ball
Form an impenetrable cover over
Conceal or hide
Envelop completely
Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate.
To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like.
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal.

To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of.
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air: as, to smother a fire with ashes.
Hence, figuratively and generally, to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish; stifle; cover up; conceal; hide: as, the committee's report was smothered.
In cookery, to cook in a close dish: as, beefsteak smothered with onions.
To daub or smear.
Synonyms Smother, Choke, Strangle, Throttle, Stifle, Suffocate. To smother, in the stricter sense, is to put to death by preventing air from entering the nose or mouth. To choke is to imperil or destroy life by stoppage, external or internal, in the windpipe. To strangle is to put to death by compression of the windpipe. Throttle is the same as strangle, except that it is often used for partial or attempted strangling, and that it suggests its derivation. Suffocate and stifle are essentially the same, except that stifle is the stronger: they mean to kill by impeding respiration.
To be suffocated.
To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust. close covering or wrapping, or the like.
Of a fire, to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
Figuratively, to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
Suppress in order to conceal or hide

Smothers, Impedes, Stymies, Oppresses, Strangles, Represses, Punishes, Hampers, Suppresses, Inhibits, Hinders, Knee, Muffle, Smother, Dampen

Bury, Crush, Suppress, Strangle, Thwart, Clutter, Put out, Jumble, Welter, Muddle, Surround, Muffle, Asphyxiate, Stifle, Suffocate

Deadens, Limiting, Halts, Quells, Slows, Hurts, Flusters, Restricts, Subdues, Overwhelms, Suppresses, Knee, Muffle, Smother, Dampen

Kill, Choke, Bury, Crush, Suppress, Strangle, Thwart, Clutter, Put out, Jumble, Muddle, Surround, Muffle, Asphyxiate, Stifle

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