knock off vs stop

stop vs knock off

knock off is not a noun while stop is a noun.

knock off and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knock off	No	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stop is a hypernym of knock off; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than knock off:

knock off: stop pursuing or acting
stop: put an end to a state or an activity

Other hypernyms of knock off include cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit.

knock off (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

knock off (verb)	stop (verb)
stop pursuing or acting	prevent completion
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
write quickly	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
take by theft	seize on its way
cut the price 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 knock off and stop

Words related to "stop"

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