Difference between Inhibited and Smothered

What is the difference between Inhibited and Smothered?

Inhibited as a verb is to hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain. while Smothered as a verb is to suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

We hope you now know whether to use Inhibited or Smothered in your sentence.