hold on vs stop

stop vs hold on

hold on is not a noun while stop is a noun.

hold on and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hold on	No	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hold on and stop are synonyms defined as:

hold on and stop: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

hold on (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

hold on (verb)	stop (verb)
be persistent, refuse to stop	prevent completion
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
hold the phone line open	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
hold firmly	seize on its way
retain possession of	render unsuitable for passage
	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 hold on and stop

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