stop vs stall

stop and stall both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of stop include go off, pull up short, check, check, check, rein, rein in, conk, draw up, haul up, pull up, brake, settle.

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

Other hyponyms of stop include check, rein, rein in, arrest, halt, hold, bring up, cut, flag down, draw up, pull up, brake.

stop (noun)	stall (noun)
the act of stopping something	a tactic used to mislead or delay
a brief stay in the course of a journey	small area set off by walls for special use
a restraint that checks the motion of something	a booth where articles are displayed for sale
an obstruction in a pipe or tube	small individual study area in a library
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens	a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes	seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it	a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
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)	stall (verb)
prevent completion	deliberately delay an event or action
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments	come to a stop
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of	cause an engine to stop
seize on its way	cause an airplane to go into a stall
render unsuitable for passage	experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
come to a halt, stop moving	put into, or keep in, a stall
cause to end	postpone doing what one should be doing
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