stall vs confessional

confessional vs stall

stall and confessional both are nouns.

stall is a verb but confessional is not a verb.

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

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

stall: small area set off by walls for special use
confessional: a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions

Other hyponyms of stall include polling booth, prompt box, prompter's box, shower bath, shower stall, call box, phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk, tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse, voting booth.

stall (noun)	confessional (noun)
a tactic used to mislead or delay	a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
small area set off by walls for special use
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
small individual study area in a library
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)	confessional (verb)
deliberately delay an event or action
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 confessional

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