hang up vs suspend

hang up and suspend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hang up	No	No	Yes	No
suspend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, suspend is a hyponym of hang up; that is, suspend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hang up:

Other hyponyms of hang up include sling.

hang up (verb)	suspend (verb)
interrupt a telephone conversation	stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
put a telephone receiver back in its cradle	cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
cause to be hanging or suspended	make inoperative or stop
	hang freely
	bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
	render temporarily ineffective