Pause vs. Hiatus

Difference Between Pause and Hiatus
Pauseverb
(intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
Hiatusnoun
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
Pauseverb
(intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.Hiatusnoun
An interruption, break or pause.
Pauseverb
(intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Hiatusnoun
An unexpected break from work.
Twenty one pilots’ hiatus seems like it‘s never going to end.Pauseverb
(transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
to pause a song, a video, or a computer gameHiatusnoun
(geology) A gap in geological strata.
Pauseverb
To consider; to reflect.
Hiatusnoun
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.Pausenoun
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Hiatusnoun
(linguistics) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.Pausenoun
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
Hiatusnoun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Pausenoun
Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
Hiatusnoun
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
Pausenoun
In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.Hiatusnoun
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
Pausenoun
A break or paragraph in writing.
Pausenoun
(music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
Pausenoun
alternative spelling of Pause||a button that pauses or resumes something
Pausenoun
take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate
Pausenoun
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Pausenoun
temporary inactivity
Pauseverb
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;
The speaker pausedPauseverb
cease an action temporarily;
We pause for station identificationlet's break for lunch