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Ceases vs Ceased - What's the difference?

ceases | ceased |

As verbs the difference between ceases and ceased

is that ceases is third-person singular of cease while ceased is past tense of cease.

ceases

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.

    ceased

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cease)