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go away vs cease

cease vs go away

go away is not a noun while cease is a noun.

go away and cease both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
go away No No Yes No
cease Yes No Yes No
As verbs, cease is a hypernym of go away; that is, cease is a word with a broader meaning than go away:
  • go away: become invisible or unnoticeable
  • cease: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Other hypernyms of go away include end, finish, stop, terminate.
go away (noun) cease (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
go away (verb) cease (verb)
get lost, as without warning or explanation put an end to a state or an activity
go away from a place have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
move away from a place into another direction
become invisible or unnoticeable
Difference between go away and cease

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