Expire vs. Inspire

Expire vs. Inspire — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Expire and Inspire

Expireverb

(intransitive) To die.

The patient expired in hospital.

Inspireverb

(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.

Expireverb

(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

My library card will expire next week.

Inspireverb

(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.

Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.

Expireverb

(ambitransitive) To exhale; to breathe out.

Inspireverb

(intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

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Expireverb

(transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.

Inspireverb

To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

Expireverb

(transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate.

Inspireverb

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

Expireverb

lose validity;

My passports expired last month

Inspireverb

(transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

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Expireverb

pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

She died from cancerThey children perished in the fireThe patient went peacefully

Inspireverb

heighten or intensify;

These paintings exalt the imagination

Expireverb

expel air;

Exhale when you lift the weight

Inspireverb

supply the inspiration for;

The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work

Inspireverb

serve as the inciting cause of;

She prompted me to call my relatives

Inspireverb

urge on or encourage especially by shouts;

The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers

Inspireverb

fill with revolutionary ideas

Inspireverb

draw in (air);

Inhale deeplyinhale the fresh mountain airThe patient has trouble inspiringThe lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well