Difference between Repress and Stifle

Repress

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of repressing.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To press again. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to suppress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

Stifle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.A bone disease of this region.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To interrupt or cut off.To repress, keep in or hold back.To smother or suffocate.To feel smothered etc.To die of suffocation.

Example sentence: Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.