The difference between Choke and Cloy

When used as verbs, choke means to be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict), whereas cloy means to fill up or choke up.

Choke is also noun with the meaning: a control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

check bellow for the other definitions of Choke and Cloy

  1. Choke as a verb (intransitive):

    To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

    Examples:

    "Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish."

  2. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: asphyxiate strangle suffocate throttle"

    "The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me."

  3. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: block up bung up clog congest jam obstruct stop up"

    "to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud"

  4. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).

    Examples:

    "synonyms: choke out stifle"

  5. Choke as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

    To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.

    Examples:

    "He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure."

  6. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.

  7. Choke as a verb (intransitive):

    To be checked or stopped, as if by choking

    Examples:

    "synonyms: stick"

  8. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.

  9. Choke as a verb (intransitive):

    To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.

  10. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.

  11. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To say (something) with one's throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).

  12. Choke as a verb (transitive):

    To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.

  13. Choke as a verb (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a [[duct]]):

    To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).

  14. Choke as a verb:

    To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

  1. Choke as a noun:

    A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

  2. Choke as a noun (sports):

    In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

  3. Choke as a noun:

    A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.

  4. Choke as a noun:

    A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

  5. Choke as a noun:

    The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.

  6. Choke as a noun (electronics):

    choking coil

  7. Choke as a noun:

    A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.

  1. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

  2. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.

  3. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

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