2021-02-03
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Stay & stop
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ออกเสียง stay = ‘STEY’
ออกเสียง stop = ‘STOP’
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SYNONYM STUDY FOR STOP
Stop, arrest, check, halt
imply causing a cessation of movement or progress
(literal or figurative).
Stop is the general term for the idea:
to stop a clock.
Arrest usually refers to stoppingby imposing a sudden and complete restraint:
to arrest development.
Check implies bringing about an abrupt, partial, or temporary stop:
to check a trotting horse.
To halt means to make a temporary stop,
especially one resulting from a command:
to halt a company of soldiers.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Verb (2)
DEFER, POSTPONE, SUSPEND, STAY
mean to delay an action or proceeding.
DEFER implies a deliberate putting off to a later time.
deferred buying a car until spring
POSTPONE implies an intentional deferring usually to a definite time.
the game is postponed until Saturday
SUSPEND implies temporary stoppage with an added suggestion of waiting untilsome condition is satisfied.
business will be suspended while repairs are underway
STAY often suggests the stopping or checking by an intervening agencyor authority.
the governor stayed the execution
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Verb
STOP, CEASE, QUIT, DISCONTINUE, DESIST
mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity.
STOP applies to action or progress
or to what is operating or progressing
and may imply suddenness or definiteness.
stopped at the red light
CEASE applies to states, conditions, or existence
and may add a suggestion of gradualness and a degree of finality.
by nightfall the fighting had ceased
QUIT may stress either finality or abruptness in stopping or ceasing.
the engine faltered, sputtered, then quit altogether
DISCONTINUE applies to the stopping of an accustomed activity or practice.
we have discontinued the manufacture of that item
DESIST implies forbearance or restraint as a motive for stopping or ceasing.
desisted from further efforts to persuade them
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
Stay & stop
As a verb, stay has severalsynonyms:
remain, linger, tarry, sojourn, abide, wait, etc.
As a verb, stop is related to arrest, check, halt, and terminate.
As these parallel words suggest, stay and stop do differ in meaning.
For example, one stays rather than stop at a motel
because stay means “to remain,” “to abide,”
and stop means stop means “to terminate.”
However logical this distinction,
Americans pay little attention to it:
one stops or stays at a hotel or motel as he pleases.
Stop is a more popular word than stay,
as note such phrases as “stop over,” “stopby,” “stop off,”
and “stop in,” to which has been added the noun stopover.
