Pause vs. Stall — What's the Difference?

Interrupt action or speech briefly

A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed.

A temporary stop in action or speech

A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market.

To cease or suspend an action temporarily

A small compartment

To hesitate

An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church.

To linger; tarry

A pew in a church.

To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim

Chiefly British A seat in the front part of a theater.

A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect

A space marked off, as in a garage, for parking a motor vehicle.

A delay or suspended reaction, as from uncertainty; a hesitation

A protective sheath for a finger or toe.

Delay or hesitation

The sudden, unintended loss of power or effectiveness in an engine.

Reason for hesitation

A condition in which an aircraft or airfoil experiences an interruption of airflow resulting in loss of lift and a tendency to drop.

(Music) A sign, such as a fermata, indicating that a note or rest is to be held.

A ruse or tactic used to mislead or delay.

A break or rest in a line of poetry; a caesura.

To put or lodge in a stall.

A control mechanism on an audio or video player that halts the playing of a recording and permits playing to be easily resumed from the same point.

To maintain in a stall for fattening

(intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

To halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill.

(intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.

To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running.

(intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

To cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall.

(transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.

To live or be lodged in a stall. Used of an animal.

To consider; to reflect.

To stick fast in mud or snow.

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

To come to a standstill

A short time for relaxing and doing something else.

To stop running as a result of mechanical failure

Hesitation; suspense; doubt.

To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.

In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.

To employ delaying tactics against

A break or paragraph in writing.

To employ delaying tactics

(music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.

(countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

Alternative spelling of Pause

A stable; a place for cattle.

Take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

(countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.

Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.

A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.

In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.

(countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.

(Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.

A break or paragraph in writing.

A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.

A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.

A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.

To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.

A sheath to protect the finger.

To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.

(mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.

To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

(Canadian) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.

To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.

An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.

To cause to stop or rest; - used reflexively.

(aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.

A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

(transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.

Temporary inactivity

To fatten.

Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;

(obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.

Cease an action temporarily;

To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

To forestall; to anticipate.

To keep close; to keep secret.

(transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.

(intransitive) To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.

(intransitive) To come to a standstill.

(transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.

To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.

To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.

To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.

To stop suddenly.

To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.

(obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

(obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.

A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.

A stable; a place for cattle.

A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.

In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.

A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.

To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

To fatten; as, to stall cattle.

To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.

To forestall; to anticipate.

To keep close; to keep secret.

To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.

To kennel, as dogs.

To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

To be tired of eating, as cattle.

A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

Small area set off by walls for special use

A booth where articles are displayed for sale

A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge;

Small individual study area in a library

A tactic used to mislead or delay

Postpone doing what one should be doing;

Come to a stop;

Deliberately delay an event or action;

Put into, or keep in, a stall;

Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

Cause an airplane to go into a stall

Cause an engine to stop;