cease vs recess

recess vs cease

cease and recess both are nouns.

cease and recess both are verbs.

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

As verbs, recess is a hyponym of cease; that is, recess 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
recess: close at the end of a session

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

cease (noun)	recess (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end	a pause from doing something (as work)
	an enclosure that is set back or indented
	an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
	a small concavity
	a state of abeyance or suspended business

cease (verb)	recess (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	make a recess in
	put into a recess

Difference between cease and recess

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