Cease vs Deter - What's the difference?
cease | deter |
(formal) To stop.
(formal) To stop doing (something).
(obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xv. 11
To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
As verbs the difference between cease and deter
is that cease is (formal|intransitive) to stop while deter is to prevent something from happening.cease
English
Verb
(ceas)- And with that, his twitching ceased .
- And with that, he ceased twitching.
- The poor shall never cease out of the land.
deter
English
Verb
(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise