lay over vs stop over

lay over and stop over both are verbs.

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

As verbs, lay over and stop over are synonyms defined as:

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

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

Other hypernyms of lay over include stop.

lay over (verb)	stop over (verb)
place on top of	interrupt a trip
interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight	interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight