quit vs cease

quit is not a noun while cease is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
quit	No	No	Yes	No
cease	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, quit and cease are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of quit include discontinue, give up, lay off, stop.

quit (noun)	cease (noun)
	(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

quit (verb)	cease (verb)
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat	put an end to a state or an activity
go away or leave	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
turn away from; give up
give up or retire from a position
put an end to a state or an activity