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ending vs cease

cease vs ending

ending and cease both are nouns.

ending is not a verb while cease is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ending Yes No No No
cease Yes No Yes No
As nouns, cease is a hyponym of ending; that is, cease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ending:
  • ending: the point in time at which something ends
  • cease: (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
Other hyponyms of ending include death, last, death, demise, dying, period, year-end, close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point, fag end, tail, tail end, fin de siecle, last gasp, expiration, expiry, termination, limit, terminal point, terminus ad quem.
ending (noun) cease (noun)
the act of ending something (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
the last section of a communication
event whose occurrence ends something
the point in time at which something ends
ending (verb) cease (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
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