Cease vs. Terminate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cease and Terminate
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Cease
Come or bring to an end
They were asked to cease all military activity
On his retirement the job will cease to exist
The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed
Terminate
To bring to an end or halt
"His action terminated the most hopeful period of reform in Prussian history" (Gordon A. Craig).
Cease
To put an end to; discontinue
The factory ceased production.
Terminate
To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish
A display of fireworks that terminated the festivities.
Cease
To come to an end; stop
A process that never ceases.
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Terminate
To discontinue the employment of; dismiss
A company that terminated 300 workers.
Cease
To stop performing an activity or action; desist
"fold our wings, / And cease from wanderings" (Tennyson).
Terminate
To murder or assassinate (someone).
Cease
Cessation; ceasing
We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.
Terminate
To come to an end; reach a stopping point
The oil pipeline terminates at a shipping port. The negotiations terminated with a celebration.
Cease
To stop.
And with that, his twitching ceased.
Terminate
To form an end or produce a result. Often used with in
"The Peloponnesian war ... terminated in the ruin of the Athenian commonwealth" (Alexander Hamilton).
Cease
To stop doing (something).
And with that, he ceased twitching.
Terminate
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
To terminate a process before its completion
To terminate an effort, or a controversy
Cease
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
Terminate
(transitive) To conclude.
Cease
(obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).
Terminate
(transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
To terminate a surface by a line
Cease
To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
Terminate
To kill someone or something.
The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.
Cease
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land.
Terminate
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
Cease
To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to ceaseSent down the meek-eyed peace.
Cease, then, this impious rage.
Terminate
(intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
Cease
Extinction.
Terminate
(intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
This train terminates at the next station.
Cease
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
Terminate
(intransitive) To issue or result.
Cease
Put an end to a state or an activity;
Quit teasing your little brother
Terminate
Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Cease
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Terminate
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.
Terminate
(mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
Terminate
To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
Terminate
To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
Terminate
Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.
Terminate
To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
Terminate
To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven.
Terminate
Bring to an end or halt;
She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI
Terminate
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Terminate
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
This sad scene ended the movie
Terminate
Terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
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