advance vs stop

To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. 

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. 

To make progress; to do well, to succeed. 

To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. 

To move forwards; to approach. 

To help the progress of (something); to further. 

To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. 

To raise or increase (a price, rate). 

To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. 

To increase (a number or amount). 

To make a higher bid at an auction. 

To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. 

A forward move; improvement or progression. 

An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature. 

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. 

An addition to the price; rise in price or value. 

To cause (something) to come to an end. 

To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop. 

To cease; to no longer continue (doing something). 

To cease moving. 

To end someone else's activity. 

To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily. 

To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part. 

To make fast; to stopper. 

To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing. 

To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later. 

To adjust the aperture of a camera lens. 

To close or block an opening. 

Not to continue. 

An f-stop. 

A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ. 

A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light. 

A coup d'arret, or stop thrust. 

A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible. 

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. 

One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced. 

An action of stopping; interruption of travel. 

A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. 

A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis. 

A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. 

A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal 

That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. 

The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark. 

The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. 

A device intended to block the path of a moving object 

The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones. 

A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image. 

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. 

A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.