cease vs culminate

culminate vs cease

cease is a noun but culminate is not a noun.

cease and culminate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, culminate is a hyponym of cease; that is, culminate 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
culminate: 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, climax, run out, go, run low, run short, disappear, go away, vanish, close, conclude, come out, turn out, discontinue, break.

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

cease (verb)	culminate (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	rise to, or form, a summit
	bring to a head or to the highest point
	reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
	reach the highest or most decisive point

Difference between cease and culminate

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