halt vs propagate

halt

verb
  • To cause to discontinue. 

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

  • To bring to a stop. 

  • 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 waver. 

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

  • A cessation, either temporary or permanent. 

propagate

verb
  • To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space. 

  • To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network. 

  • To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate. 

  • To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants. 

  • To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production. 

  • To generate; to produce. 

  • To take effect on all relevant devices in a network. 

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