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cease vs shut off

shut off vs cease

cease is a noun but shut off is not a noun.

cease and shut off both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cease Yes No Yes No
shut off No No Yes No
As verbs, shut off is a hyponym of cease; that is, shut off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cease:
  • cease: put an end to a state or an activity
  • shut off: stem the flow of
cease (noun) shut off (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
cease (verb) shut off (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity block off the passage through
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical isolate or separate
stem the flow of
Difference between cease and shut off

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