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Ceased vs Desisted - What's the difference?

ceased | desisted |

As verbs the difference between ceased and desisted

is that ceased is (cease) while desisted is (desist).

ceased

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cease)

    • 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.

    desisted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (desist)

    • desist

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from .
  • * 1906 , , part I, ch I,
    • One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.

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