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Difference Between Exhalation and Expiration

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Exhalation

Exhalation (or expiration) is the flow of the breath out of an organism. In animals, it is the movement of air from the lungs out of the airways, to the external environment during breathing.

Expiration

The ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid
The expiration of the lease

Exhalation

The act or an instance of exhaling.

Expiration

The exhalation of breath from the lungs
At the end of expiration there is still a slight inflation in the lungs

Exhalation

Something, such as air or vapor, that is exhaled.

Expiration

The act of coming to a close; termination
The expiration of a contract.
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Exhalation

The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
Short exhalations of breath

Expiration

The act of breathing out; exhalation.

Exhalation

That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
Exhalations from the earth or flowers

Expiration

(Archaic) Death.

Exhalation

A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Expiration

The act of expiring.
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Exhalation

The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

Expiration

The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
Respiration consists of inspiration and expiration

Exhalation

That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.
Ye mists and exhalations, that now riseFrom hill or steaming lake.

Expiration

Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.

Exhalation

A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
I shall fallLike a bright exhalation in the evening.

Expiration

(euphemism) The last emission of breath; death.

Exhalation

Exhaled breath

Expiration

A cessation, extinction, ending

Exhalation

The act of expelling air from the lungs

Expiration

That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Expiration

The act of expiring
The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth.

Expiration

The last emission of breath; death.

Expiration

That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration.

Expiration

A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
Before the expiration of thy time.

Expiration

A coming to an end of a contract period;
The expiry of his driver's license

Expiration

Euphemistic expressions for death;
Thousands mourned his passing

Expiration

The act of expelling air from the lungs

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