stop vs stopple

stopple vs stop

stop and stopple both are nouns.

stop and stopple both are verbs.

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

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

stop: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
stopple: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

Other hyponyms of stop include breech closer, breechblock, plug, stopper, vapor lock, vapour lock.

stop (noun)	stopple (noun)
the act of stopping something	blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
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)	stopple (verb)
prevent completion	close or secure with or as if with a stopper
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

Difference between stop and stopple

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