stall vs closet

closet vs stall

stall and closet both are nouns.

stall and closet both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stall	Yes	No	Yes	No
closet	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, closet is a hypernym of stall; that is, closet is a word with a broader meaning than stall:

stall: small area set off by walls for special use
closet: a small private room for study or prayer

stall (noun)	closet (noun)
a tactic used to mislead or delay	a small private room for study or prayer
small area set off by walls for special use	a toilet in Britain
a booth where articles are displayed for sale	a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
small individual study area in a library	a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

stall (verb)	closet (verb)
deliberately delay an event or action	confine to a small space, as for intensive work
come to a stop
cause an engine to stop
cause an airplane to go into a stall
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
put into, or keep in, a stall
postpone doing what one should be doing

Difference between stall and closet

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