different between stoppage vs cessation

stoppage

English

Etymology

From stop +? -age.

Noun

stoppage (plural stoppages)

  1. A pause or halt of some activity.
    Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
  2. Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.

Translations

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cessation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cess?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /s??se???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)

  1. (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
    • it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition
    • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
      The day [] was [] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.

Synonyms

  • (temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
  • (final): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish

Translations

Anagrams

  • canoeists, sonicates

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cess?ti?. Morphologically, from cesser +? -ation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?.sa.sj??/

Noun

cessation f (plural cessations)

  1. cessation

Further reading

  • “cessation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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