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Cease vs Timeout - What's the difference?

cease | timeout |

As a verb cease

is to stop.

As a noun timeout is

the allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.

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.

    timeout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
    • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
  • (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
    • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.