newmercman:
Suffocation is the result of asphyxiation, lack of oxygen to the brain. That’s how carbon monoxide poisoning kills you. But I see your point, which is what I was trying to say anyway.
Wrong way around, suffocation can lead to asphyxiation.
Asphyxiation is the lack of oxygen in the body.
Suffocation is a lack of air entering the body, air is processed in the lungs by a process called gaseous exchange and oxygen passes into the blood and around the body.