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Cease vs Hooked - What's the difference?

cease | hooked |

As verbs the difference between cease and hooked

is that cease is (formal|intransitive) to stop while hooked is (hook).

As a adjective hooked is

having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

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.

    hooked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hook)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
    • a hooked nose
  • Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
    • He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.
    You only have to try heroin once to become hooked .

    Synonyms

    * (resembling a hook) bent, crooked, curved * (addicted) addicted