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Suspend vs Disable - What's the difference?

suspend | disable |

In obsolete terms the difference between suspend and disable

is that suspend is to make to depend while disable is lacking ability; unable.

As verbs the difference between suspend and disable

is that suspend is to halt something temporarily while disable is to render unable; to take away an ability of.

As an adjective disable is

lacking ability; unable.

suspend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To halt something temporarily.
    • The meeting was suspended for lunch.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Suspend your indignation against my brother.
  • * Denham
    • The guard nor fights nor flies; their fate so near / At once suspends their courage and their fear.
  • To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
    • to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief
    (John Locke)
  • To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
    • to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
  • To hang freely; underhang.
    • to suspend a ball by a thread
  • To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
  • (obsolete) To make to depend.
  • * Tillotson
    • God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
  • To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
    • to suspend''' a student from college; to '''suspend a member of a club
  • * Bishop Sanderson
    • Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent.
  • (chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

    • Antonyms

    * resume

    See also

    suspension, suspenders

    Anagrams

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    disable

    English

    Verb

    (disabl)
  • To render unable; to take away an ability of.
  • (chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
    • Falling off the horse disabled him.
  • to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device.
    • The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.

    Antonyms

    * enable

    Derived terms

    * disablement

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
  • * Daniel
    • Our disable and unactive force.

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