Leased vs Ceased - What's the difference?
leased | ceased |
(lease)
Transferred under the terms of a lease.
* 1880 , , page 327 [http://google.com/books?id=lTU9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA327&dq=leased]:
(cease)
(formal) To stop.
(formal) To stop doing (something).
(obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xv. 11
As verbs the difference between leased and ceased
is that leased is (lease) while ceased is (cease).As an adjective leased
is transferred under the terms of a lease.leased
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(head)- The resemblance borne by such a land carriage to a ship put under charter-party is, perhaps, closer where the entire business of one railway company, with its tracks, rolling-stock, equipments, and goodwill become leased for a certain term to another company.
Derived terms
* leased access * leased facility * leased fee * leased lineAnagrams
* *ceased
English
Verb
(head)cease
English
Verb
(ceas)- And with that, his twitching ceased .
- And with that, he ceased twitching.
- The poor shall never cease out of the land.