pass away vs stop

stop vs pass away

pass away is not a noun while stop is a noun.

pass away and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pass away	No	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

pass away: go out of existence
stop: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of pass away include cease, end, finish, terminate.

pass away (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

pass away (verb)	stop (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life	prevent completion
go out of existence	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 pass away and stop

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