run short vs stop

stop vs run short

run short is not a noun while stop is a noun.

run short and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
run short	No	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

run short: to be spent or finished
stop: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of run short include cease, end, finish, terminate.

run short (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

run short (verb)	stop (verb)
to be spent or finished	prevent completion
	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 run short and stop

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