Breath VS Breathe

84 10 9
                                    

I mess this up all the time too. But I need to add this to this book. A lot of books I've read have these words mixed up.

Breath
/breTH/
noun

Breath means to inhale air, simple

Ex: She took a deep breath or Every breath you take (from the song)

You are doing an action and using your lungs to pull air into you.

--------------------------------

Breathe
/brēeT͟H/
verb

Breathe means the cycle of inhaling and exhaling air.

Ex: He is breathing

A living thing is inhaling air and exhaling it in order to live.

--------------------------------


Breath is an noun, cause it's a thing

Breathe is a verb, cause it's an action

Examples:

Breath: Deep breath, she took a shaky breath

Breathe: You need to breathe, Breathe in breathe out

I mix those up all the time so I decided to write about it.

Love, Mya/Milheaven ❤

Mya's Writing Tips and Secrets Where stories live. Discover now