Choke
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold. In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them. To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning. Of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.
Example sentence: When I'm performing, sometimes a lyric will touch on my personal life, and it can be difficult to sing. For instance, when I sing 'How I Love You,' I'll choke up.
Strangle
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To kill someone by strangulation (squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply); to choke, suffocate or throttle.To stifle or suppress an action.To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
Example sentence: A healthy environment, a strong economy and energy independent America - that would be the purpose of my presidency, is break the strangle hold that people enjoy on fossil fuels who hate our guts.