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stall vs stop

stop vs stall

stall and stop both are nouns.

stall and stop both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stall Yes No Yes No
stop Yes No Yes No
As verbs, stop is a hypernym of stall; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than stall:
  • stall: come to a stop
  • stop: come to a halt, stop moving
Other hypernyms of stall include halt.
As verbs, stop is a hypernym of stall; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than stall:
  • stall: cause an engine to stop
  • stop: cause to end
As verbs, stop is a hypernym of stall; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than stall:
  • stall: cause an airplane to go into a stall
  • stop: cause to end
As verbs, stop is a hypernym of stall; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than stall:
  • stall: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
  • stop: come to a halt, stop moving
Other hypernyms of stall include halt.
stall (noun) stop (noun)
a tactic used to mislead or delay the act of stopping something
small area set off by walls for special use a brief stay in the course of a journey
a booth where articles are displayed for sale a restraint that checks the motion of something
small individual study area in a library an obstruction in a pipe or tube
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge 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
stall (verb) stop (verb)
deliberately delay an event or action prevent completion
come to a stop stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
cause an engine to stop hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
cause an airplane to go into a stall seize on its way
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes render unsuitable for passage
put into, or keep in, a stall come to a halt, stop moving
postpone doing what one should be doing 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
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