The difference between Stifle and Suppress
When used as verbs, stifle means to interrupt or cut off, whereas suppress means to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with.
Stifle is also noun with the meaning: a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
check bellow for the other definitions of Stifle and Suppress
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Stifle as a noun:
A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
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Stifle as a noun (veterinary medicine):
A bone disease of this region.
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To interrupt or cut off.
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To repress, keep in or hold back.
Examples:
"The army stifled the rebellion."
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To smother or suffocate.
Examples:
"The heat was stifling the children."
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Stifle as a verb (intransitive):
To feel smothered etc.
Examples:
"The heat felt stifling."
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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."
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.
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Suppress as a verb:
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Examples:
"Political dissent was brutally suppressed."
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Suppress as a verb:
To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
Examples:
"I struggled to suppress my smile."
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Suppress as a verb (psychiatry):
To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
Examples:
"He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse."
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Suppress as a verb:
To prevent publication.
Examples:
"The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy."
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Suppress as a verb:
To stop a flow or stream.
Examples:
"The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole."
"Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough."
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Suppress as a verb (US, legal):
To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
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Suppress as a verb (electronics):
To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
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Suppress as a verb (obsolete):
To hold in place, to keep low.