Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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stop | Yes | No | Yes | No |
start | Yes | No | Yes | No |
stop (noun) | start (noun) |
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the act of stopping something | the act of starting something |
a brief stay in the course of a journey | a sudden involuntary movement |
a restraint that checks the motion of something | a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) |
an obstruction in a pipe or tube | the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) |
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | a signal to begin (as in a race) |
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes | the beginning of anything |
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game |
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | the time at which something is supposed to begin |
the event of something ending | |
a spot where something halts or pauses | |
the state of inactivity following an interruption |
stop (verb) | start (verb) |
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prevent completion | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments | set in motion, cause to start |
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | play in the starting lineup |
seize on its way | bring into being |
render unsuitable for passage | get off the ground |
come to a halt, stop moving | begin or set in motion |
cause to end | get going or set in motion |
interrupt a trip | depart for someplace |
stop from happening or developing | bulge outward |
put an end to a state or an activity | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job |
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | |
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | |
have a beginning characterized in some specified way |