cease vs quit

cease is a noun but quit is not a noun.

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

As verbs, cease and quit are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of cease include discontinue, give up, lay off, stop.

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

cease (verb)	quit (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity	give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical	go away or leave
	turn away from; give up
	give up or retire from a position
	put an end to a state or an activity