Stun vs Stop - What's the difference?
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To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
To shock or surprise.
(snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
The condition of being stunned.
(billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
(label) To cease moving.
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(label) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
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(label) To close or block an opening.
To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
(label) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside temporarily.
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(label) To tarry.
(label) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
(label) To punctuate.
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(label) To make fast; to stopper.
A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
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A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.
(label) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis; a plosive.
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
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A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.
(label) A button that activates the stop function.
(label) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
(label) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
(label) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
(label) An f-stop.
(label) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
(label) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
Prone to halting or hesitation.
In transitive terms the difference between stun and stop
is that stun is to shock or surprise while stop is to close or block an opening.As an adverb stop is
prone to halting or hesitation.As an interjection stop is
halt! stop.stun
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Verb
(stunn)- Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
- In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
- The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
- He stood there stunned , looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at stuff, stump. Alternate etymology derives Proto-Germanic *stupp?n? from an assumed . This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and RomanceThe Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "stop"..Verb
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