Expire vs. Inspire
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.
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 monthInspireverb
(transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.
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 peacefullyInspireverb
heighten or intensify;
These paintings exalt the imaginationExpireverb
expel air;
Exhale when you lift the weightInspireverb
supply the inspiration for;
The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent workInspireverb
serve as the inciting cause of;
She prompted me to call my relativesInspireverb
urge on or encourage especially by shouts;
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikersInspireverb
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
