Difference between Suffocate and Smother

SUFFOCATE vs SMOTHER: NOUN

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

Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

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
Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Envelop completely
Conceal or hide
Form an impenetrable cover over

To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.
To impair the breathing of or cause discomfort to by cutting off the supply of fresh air.
To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle.
To die from lack of air or oxygen.
To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.
To become or feel oppressed; be stifled.

Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal.
To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like.
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.

Have insufficient oxygen intake
Struggle for breath
Die from lack of oxygen
Be asphyxiated
To become choked, stifled, or smothered: as, we are suffocating in this close room.
Synonyms Stifle, Strangle, etc. See smother.
To stifle; smother; extinguish: as, to suffocate fire or live coals.
To impede respiration in; compress so as to prevent respiration.
To kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills.
Suffocated; choked.

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

Thwart, Douse, Suppress, Squeeze, Crush, Muffle, Bury, Stifle, Kill, Drown, Strangle, Gag, Choke, Smother, Asphyxiate

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

Quell, Thwart, Douse, Suppress, Squeeze, Crush, Muffle, Bury, Stifle, Kill, Strangle, Gag, Choke, Smother, Asphyxiate

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