stop vs knock off

knock off vs stop

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

stop and knock off both are verbs.

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

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

stop: put an end to a state or an activity
knock off: stop pursuing or acting

Other hyponyms of stop include drop, leave off, sign off, retire, withdraw, pull the plug, close off, shut off, cheese, call it a day, call it quits, break, unfollow.

stop (noun)	knock 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 (verb)	knock off (verb)
prevent completion	stop pursuing or acting
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments	get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of	write quickly
seize on its way	take by theft
render unsuitable for passage	cut the price of
come to a halt, stop moving
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

Difference between stop and knock off

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