act vs stop

act and stop both are nouns.

act and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
act	Yes	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, stop is a hyponym of act; that is, stop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than act:

act: something that people do or cause to happen
stop: the act of stopping something

Other hyponyms of act include action, acquiring, getting, causation, causing, delivery, obstetrical delivery, departure, going, going away, leaving, discovery, find, uncovering, disposal, disposition, effectuation, implementation, egress, egression, emergence, equalisation, equalization, leveling, digging up, disinterment, exhumation, mitsvah, mitzvah, actuation, propulsion, recovery, retrieval, running away, touch, touching, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, leaning, motivating, motivation, assumption, rejection, forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice, derivation, activity, hire, wear, wearing, assessment, judgement, judgment, production, stay, abidance, residence, residency, inactivity, hinderance, hindrance, interference, stoppage, distribution, legitimation, permissive waste, waste, proclamation, promulgation, communicating, communication, speech act, subtweeting, shout-out.

act (noun)	stop (noun)
something that people do or cause to happen	the act of stopping something
a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet	a brief stay in the course of a journey
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body	a restraint that checks the motion of something
a short performance that is part of a longer program	an obstruction in a pipe or tube
a manifestation of insincerity	a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
	(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
	a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
	a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
	the event of something ending
	a spot where something halts or pauses
	the state of inactivity following an interruption

act (verb)	stop (verb)
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself	prevent completion
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
discharge one's duties	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
play a role or part	seize on its way
perform on a stage or theater	render unsuitable for passage
behave unnaturally or affectedly	come to a halt, stop moving
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)	cause to end
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected	interrupt a trip
be suitable for theatrical performance	stop from happening or developing
	put an end to a state or an activity
	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Difference between act and stop

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