stop vs cut off

stop is a noun but cut off is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No
cut off	No	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, cut off is a hyponym of stop; that is, cut off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stop:

Other hyponyms of stop include fracture, bog, bog down, break up, disrupt, interrupt.

As verbs, cut off is a hyponym of stop; that is, cut off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stop:

Other hyponyms of stop include cut out.

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

Other hypernyms of stop include break up, disrupt, interrupt.

stop (noun)	cut off (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

stop (adjective)	cut off (adjective)
	detached by cutting

stop (verb)	cut off (verb)
prevent completion	cease, stop
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments	make a break in
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of	remove by or as if by cutting
seize on its way	remove surgically
render unsuitable for passage	break a small piece off from
come to a halt, stop moving	cut off and stop
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