pause vs recess

pause and recess both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pause	Yes	No	Yes	No
recess	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of pause include break, respite, time out, falter, faltering, hesitation, waver, intermission, freeze, halt.

pause (noun)	recess (noun)
temporary inactivity	a pause from doing something (as work)
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something	an enclosure that is set back or indented
	an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
	a small concavity
	a state of abeyance or suspended business

pause (verb)	recess (verb)
cease an action temporarily	close at the end of a session
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing	make a recess in
	put into a recess