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Cease vs Freezeout - What's the difference?

cease | freezeout |

As a verb cease

is (formal|intransitive) to stop.

As a noun freezeout is

(physics) any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases.

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.

    freezeout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) Any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases
  • (business) A kind of merger by which one or more shareholders who collectively hold a majority of shares in a corporation gain ownership of remaining shares in that corporation.