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Stagnate vs Standstill - What's the difference?

stagnate | standstill |

As a verb stagnate

is to cease motion, activity, or progress:.

As a noun standstill is

complete immobility; halt.

stagnate

English

Verb

(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.

    • Derived terms

    * stagnant * stagnation

    standstill

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • complete immobility; halt
    • The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.

    Derived terms

    * standstill agreement

    Synonyms

    * deadlock * grind * halt * idle * impasse

    Antonyms

    * motion * movement