cut down vs stop

stop vs cut down

cut down is not a noun while stop is a noun.

cut down and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cut down	No	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stop is a hypernym of cut down; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than cut down:

cut down: intercept (a player)
stop: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Other hypernyms of cut down include arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back.

cut down (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

cut down (verb)	stop (verb)
cut down on; make a reduction in	prevent completion
intercept (a player)	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
cause to come or go down	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
cut with a blade or mower	seize on its way
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow	render unsuitable for passage
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete	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 cut down and stop

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