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Adjourn vs Cease - What's the difference?

adjourn | cease |

As verbs the difference between adjourn and cease

is that adjourn is to postpone while cease is (formal|intransitive) to stop.

adjourn

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To postpone.
    • The trial was adjourned for a week.
  • To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
  • * Barrow
    • It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
  • To end or suspend an event.
    • The court will adjourn for lunch.
  • (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
    • After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

    See also

    * adjournment

    cease

    English

    Verb

    (ceas)
  • (formal) To stop.
    • And with that, his twitching ceased .
  • (formal) To stop doing (something).
    • And with that, he ceased twitching.
  • (obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xv. 11
    • The poor shall never cease out of the land.