halt vs quit

halt

verb
  • To bring to a stop. 

  • To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. 

  • To limp; move with a limping gait. 

  • To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. 

  • To falter. 

  • To stop marching. 

  • To stop either temporarily or permanently. 

  • To cause to discontinue. 

  • To waver. 

noun
  • A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. 

  • A cessation, either temporary or permanent. 

quit

verb
  • To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun). 

  • To leave (a place). 

  • To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit. 

  • To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.). 

  • To close (an application). 

  • To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. 

  • To abandon, renounce (a thing). 

noun
  • Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America. 

adj
  • Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid. 

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