cease vs run short

cease is a noun but run short is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cease	Yes	No	Yes	No
run short	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, run short is a hyponym of cease; that is, run short 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
run short: to be spent or finished

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

cease (verb)	run short (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity	to be spent or finished
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical