Suspend vs. Rusticate — What's the Difference?

Temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect

To go to or live in the country.

Hang (something) from somewhere

To send to the country.

(of solid particles) be dispersed throughout the bulk of a fluid

Chiefly British To suspend (a student) from a university.

Prolong (a note of a chord) into a following chord, usually so as to produce a temporary discord.

To cut or shape (masonry blocks) with deep-set joints and a rough-hewn face.

To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment

To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or voluntarily.

To cause to stop for a period; interrupt

(transitive) To construct in a manner so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.

To halt something temporarily.

(transitive) To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

(intransitive) To go to reside in the country.

To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.

To hang freely; underhang.

To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.

To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

Live in the country and lead a rustic life

(obsolete) To make to depend.

Send to the country;

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.

Suspend temporarily from college or university, in England

(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

As of stone, to give it a rustic look

To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

Lend a rustic character to;

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.

To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.

To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.

To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).

Hang freely;

Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;

Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;

Make inoperative or stop;

As of a prison sentence