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Shutdown vs Stoped - What's the difference?

shutdown | stoped |

As a noun shutdown

is the action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

As a verb stoped is

(stope).

shutdown

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
  • You need to enter your password at startup, but it's not required at shutdown .
  • A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
  • When he insulted me, my reply was such a shutdown he ceased his insults.

    Antonyms

    * startup

    stoped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stope)

  • stope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
  • The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

    Derived terms

    * stope assay plan * stope board * stope fillings * stope hoist * stope pillar

    Verb

  • (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
  • (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
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