The difference between Stifle and Stimulate

When used as verbs, stifle means to interrupt or cut off, whereas stimulate means to encourage into action.

Stifle is also noun with the meaning: a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.

check bellow for the other definitions of Stifle and Stimulate

  1. Stifle as a noun:

    A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.

  2. Stifle as a noun (veterinary medicine):

    A bone disease of this region.

  1. Stifle as a verb (transitive):

    To interrupt or cut off.

  2. Stifle as a verb (transitive):

    To repress, keep in or hold back.

    Examples:

    "The army stifled the rebellion."

  3. Stifle as a verb (transitive):

    To smother or suffocate.

    Examples:

    "The heat was stifling the children."

  4. Stifle as a verb (intransitive):

    To feel smothered etc.

    Examples:

    "The heat felt stifling."

  5. Stifle as a verb (intransitive):

    To die of suffocation.

    Examples:

    "Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom."

  6. Stifle as a verb (transitive):

    To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.

  1. Stimulate as a verb:

    To encourage into action.

  2. Stimulate as a verb:

    To arouse an organism to functional activity.

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