grab vs stop

grab and stop both are nouns.

grab and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grab	Yes	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stop is a hyponym of grab; that is, stop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grab:

grab: take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
stop: seize on its way

Other hyponyms of grab include harpoon, fish, hook, net, nett, intercept.

grab (noun)	stop (noun)
the act of catching an object with the hands	the act of stopping something
a mechanical device for gripping an object	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

grab (verb)	stop (verb)
capture the attention or imagination of	prevent completion
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
take or grasp suddenly	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand	seize on its way
get hold of or seize quickly and easily	render unsuitable for passage
obtain illegally or unscrupulously	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 grab and stop

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