stop vs restraint

restraint vs stop

stop and restraint both are nouns.

stop is a verb but restraint is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No
restraint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, restraint is a hypernym of stop; that is, restraint is a word with a broader meaning than stop:

stop: a restraint that checks the motion of something
restraint: a device that retards something's motion

Other hypernyms of stop include constraint.

stop (noun)	restraint (noun)
the act of stopping something	the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
a brief stay in the course of a journey	a device that retards something's motion
a restraint that checks the motion of something	discipline in personal and social activities
an obstruction in a pipe or tube	lack of ornamentation
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens	a rule or condition that limits freedom
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes	the state of being physically constrained
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)	restraint (verb)
prevent completion
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
seize on its way
render unsuitable for passage
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

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