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culminate vs stop

stop vs culminate

culminate is not a noun while stop is a noun.

culminate and stop both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
culminate No No Yes No
stop Yes No Yes No
As verbs, stop is a hypernym of culminate; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than culminate:
  • culminate: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
  • stop: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Other hypernyms of culminate include cease, end, finish, terminate.
culminate (noun) stop (noun)
the act of stopping something
a brief stay in the course of a journey
a restraint that checks the motion of something
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
the event of something ending
a spot where something halts or pauses
the state of inactivity following an interruption
culminate (verb) stop (verb)
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage prevent completion
rise to, or form, a summit stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
bring to a head or to the highest point hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body seize on its way
reach the highest or most decisive point render unsuitable for passage
come to a halt, stop moving
cause to end
interrupt a trip
stop from happening or developing
put an end to a state or an activity
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Difference between culminate and stop

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