Stagnate vs Stagnant - What's the difference?

Stagnant is a related term of stagnate.

is to cease motion, activity, or progress.

lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still.

(en-verb)

To cease motion, activity, or progress:

# To cease to flow or run.

If the water stagnates , algae will grow.

# To be or become foul from standing.

Air stagnates in a closed room.

# To cease to develop, advance or change; to become idle.

#* (rfdate), Walter Scott:

Ready-witted tenderness never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.

#* 2003 , Ernest Verity, Get Wisdom (ISBN 1591606691), page 434:

Listening to what others say, especially to what they teach, prevents our minds stagnating , thus promoting mental growth into old age.

* stagnant * stagnation

(en adjective)

Lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still.

* stagnantly * stagnancy