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cease vs pull the plug

pull the plug vs cease

cease is a noun but pull the plug is not a noun.

cease and pull the plug both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cease Yes No Yes No
pull the plug No No Yes No
As verbs, pull the plug is a hyponym of cease; that is, pull the plug is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cease:
  • cease: put an end to a state or an activity
  • pull the plug: prevent from happening or continuing
cease (noun) pull the plug (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
cease (verb) pull the plug (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity prevent from happening or continuing
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Difference between cease and pull the plug

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