vanish vs cease

vanish is not a noun while cease is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vanish	No	No	Yes	No
cease	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cease is a hypernym of vanish; that is, cease is a word with a broader meaning than vanish:

vanish: cease to exist
cease: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of vanish include end, finish, stop, terminate.

As verbs, cease is a hypernym of vanish; that is, cease is a word with a broader meaning than vanish:

vanish: become invisible or unnoticeable
cease: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of vanish include end, finish, stop, terminate.

vanish (noun)	cease (noun)
	(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

vanish (verb)	cease (verb)
get lost, as without warning or explanation	put an end to a state or an activity
decrease rapidly and disappear	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
cease to exist
pass away rapidly
become invisible or unnoticeable