stall vs hold up

hold up vs stall

stall is a noun but hold up is not a noun.

stall and hold up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stall	Yes	No	Yes	No
hold up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hold up is a hypernym of stall; that is, hold up is a word with a broader meaning than stall:

stall: deliberately delay an event or action
hold up: cause to be slowed down or delayed

Other hypernyms of stall include delay, detain.

stall (noun)	hold up (noun)
a tactic used to mislead or delay
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)	hold up (verb)
deliberately delay an event or action	cause to be slowed down or delayed
come to a stop	be the physical support of; carry the weight of
cause an engine to stop	hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
cause an airplane to go into a stall	rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes	continue to live and avoid dying
put into, or keep in, a stall	resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
postpone doing what one should be doing	resist or confront with resistance

Difference between stall and hold up

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