lay over vs stop

stop vs lay over

lay over is not a noun while stop is a noun.

lay over and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lay over	No	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

lay over: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
stop: interrupt a trip

Other hypernyms of lay over include stop over.

lay over (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

lay over (verb)	stop (verb)
place on top of	prevent completion
interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
	seize on its way
	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 lay over and stop

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