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trip vs stop

stop vs trip

trip and stop both are nouns.

trip and stop both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
trip Yes No Yes No
stop Yes No Yes No
As nouns, stop is a hypernym of trip; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than trip:
  • trip: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
  • stop: a restraint that checks the motion of something
Other hypernyms of trip include catch.
trip (noun) stop (noun)
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) the act of stopping something
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder a brief stay in the course of a journey
a light or nimble tread a restraint that checks the motion of something
a catch mechanism that acts as a switch an obstruction in a pipe or tube
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
an exciting or stimulating experience (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs 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
trip (verb) stop (verb)
get high, stoned, or drugged prevent completion
put in motion or move to act stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
miss a step and fall or nearly fall hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
cause to stumble seize on its way
make a trip for pleasure 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 trip and stop

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