Breathing vs. Respiration

Breathingverb

present participle of breathe

Breathingnoun

The act of respiration; a single instance of this.

Breathingnoun

A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.

Breathingnoun

(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.

Breathingnoun

Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.

Breathingnoun

Aspiration; secret prayer.

Breathingnoun

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.

Breathingnoun

Air in gentle motion.

Breathingnoun

Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.

Breathingnoun

Aspiration; secret prayer.

Breathingnoun

Exercising; promotion of respiration.

Breathingnoun

Utterance; communication or publicity by words.

Breathingnoun

Breathing place; vent.

Breathingnoun

Stop; pause; delay.

Breathingnoun

Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.

Breathingnoun

A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

Breathingnoun

the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Breathingadjective

passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination;

Breathing

Breathing (or ventilation) is the process of moving air out and in the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen. All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which uses the oxygen to break down foods for energy and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product.

Respirationnoun

The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.

Respirationnoun

An act of breathing; a breath.

Respirationnoun

Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.

Respirationnoun

The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.

Respirationnoun

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

Respirationnoun

Relief from toil or suffering: rest.

Respirationnoun

Interval; intermission.

Respirationnoun

The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.

Respirationnoun

the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs

Respirationnoun

a single complete act of breathing in and out;

Respirationnoun

the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation