run out vs cease

cease vs run out

run out is not a noun while cease is a noun.

run out and cease both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
run out	No	No	Yes	No
cease	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cease is a hypernym of run out; that is, cease is a word with a broader meaning than run out:

run out: become used up; be exhausted
cease: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of run out include end, finish, stop, terminate.

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

run out (verb)	cease (verb)
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working	put an end to a state or an activity
prove insufficient	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
exhaust the supply of
become used up; be exhausted
flow, run or fall out and become lost
flow off gradually
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
lose validity

Difference between run out and cease

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