malfunction vs stall

stall vs malfunction

malfunction and stall both are nouns.

malfunction and stall both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malfunction	Yes	No	Yes	No
stall	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, stall is a hyponym of malfunction; that is, stall is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malfunction:

malfunction: a failure to function normally
stall: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

Other hyponyms of malfunction include blowout.

malfunction (noun)	stall (noun)
a failure to function normally	a tactic used to mislead or delay
	small area set off by walls for special use
	a booth where articles are displayed for sale
	small individual study area in a library
	a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
	seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
	a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

malfunction (verb)	stall (verb)
fail to function or function improperly	deliberately delay an event or action
	come to a stop
	cause an engine to stop
	cause an airplane to go into a stall
	experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
	put into, or keep in, a stall
	postpone doing what one should be doing

Difference between malfunction and stall

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