stop vs turn back

turn back vs stop

stop is a noun but turn back is not a noun.

stop and turn back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No
turn back	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stop and turn back are synonyms defined as:

stop and turn back: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Other synonyms of stop include arrest, check, contain, hold back.

stop (noun)	turn back (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)	turn back (verb)
prevent completion	go back to a previous state
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments	turn inside out or upside down
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
seize on its way	retrace one's course
render unsuitable for passage	force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
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 turn back

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