cease vs adjourn

cease is a noun but adjourn is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cease	Yes	No	Yes	No
adjourn	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, adjourn is a hyponym of cease; that is, adjourn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cease:

cease: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
adjourn: close at the end of a session

cease (noun)	adjourn (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

cease (verb)	adjourn (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity	close at the end of a session
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical	break from a meeting or gathering