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Cease vs Evanesce - What's the difference?

cease | evanesce |

As verbs the difference between cease and evanesce

is that cease is to stop while evanesce is to disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor.

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.

    evanesce

    English

    Verb

    (evanesc)
  • To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor
  • (chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid
  • See also

    * effervesce ----