cease vs climax

climax vs cease

cease and climax both are nouns.

cease and climax both are verbs.

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

As verbs, climax is a hyponym of cease; that is, climax 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
climax: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

Other hyponyms of cease include pass away, lapse, cut out, go out, adjourn, break up, recess, disappear, vanish, culminate, run out, go, run low, run short, disappear, go away, vanish, close, conclude, come out, turn out, discontinue, break.

cease (noun)	climax (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end	the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
	the decisive moment in a novel or play
	arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
	the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
	the most severe stage of a disease

cease (verb)	climax (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity	end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Difference between cease and climax

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