The difference between Stifle and Throttle
When used as nouns, stifle means a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses, whereas throttle means a valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed.
When used as verbs, stifle means to interrupt or cut off, whereas throttle means to cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
check bellow for the other definitions of Stifle and Throttle
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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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Throttle as a noun:
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
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Throttle as a noun:
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
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Throttle as a noun:
The windpipe or trachea.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Throttle as a verb (transitive):
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
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Throttle as a verb (transitive):
To strangle or choke someone.
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Throttle as a verb (intransitive):
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
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Throttle as a verb (intransitive):
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
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Throttle as a verb (transitive):
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.