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Cease vs Inhibit - What's the difference?

cease | inhibit |

As verbs the difference between cease and inhibit

is that cease is (formal|intransitive) to stop while inhibit is to hinder; to restrain.

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.

    inhibit

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to hinder; to restrain

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * disinhibit * disinhibition * inhibition

    Related terms

    * inhibitor * inhibitory