The difference between Expire and Inspire
When used as verbs, expire means to die, whereas inspire means to infuse into the mind.
check bellow for the other definitions of Expire and Inspire
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Expire as a verb (intransitive):
To die.
Examples:
"The patient expired in hospital."
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Expire as a verb (intransitive):
To lapse and become invalid.
Examples:
"My library card will expire next week."
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Expire as a verb (ambitransitive):
To exhale; to breathe out.
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Expire as a verb (transitive):
To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
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Expire as a verb (transitive):
To bring to a close; to terminate.
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Inspire as a verb (transitive):
To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
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Inspire as a verb (transitive):
To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
Examples:
"Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue."
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Inspire as a verb (intransitive):
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
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Inspire as a verb:
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
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Inspire as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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Inspire as a verb (transitive):
To spread rumour indirectly.