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cease vs sign off

sign off vs cease

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

cease and sign off both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cease Yes No Yes No
sign off No No Yes No
As verbs, sign off is a hyponym of cease; that is, sign off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cease:
  • cease: put an end to a state or an activity
  • sign off: cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations
cease (noun) sign off (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
cease (verb) sign off (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Difference between cease and sign off

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