The difference between Exhalation and Expiration

When used as nouns, exhalation means the act or process of exhaling, whereas expiration means the act of expiring.


check bellow for the other definitions of Exhalation and Expiration

  1. Exhalation as a noun:

    The act or process of exhaling; breathing out

    Examples:

    "short exhalations of breath"

  2. Exhalation as a noun:

    That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam

    Examples:

    "'exhalations from the earth or flowers"

  3. Exhalation as a noun:

    A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

  1. Expiration as a noun:

    The act of expiring.

  2. Expiration as a noun:

    The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth

    Examples:

    "respiration consists of inspiration and expiration"

  3. Expiration as a noun:

    Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.

  4. Expiration as a noun (euphemism):

    The last emission of breath; death.

  5. Expiration as a noun:

    A cessation, extinction, ending

  6. Expiration as a noun:

    That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

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