Suspend vs. Terminate
Difference Between Suspend and Terminate
Suspendverb
To halt something temporarily.
The meeting was suspended for lunch.Terminateverb
To end, especially in an incomplete state.
to terminate a surface by a lineto terminate an effort, or a controversySuspendverb
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
to suspend one's judgement or one's disbeliefTerminateverb
To set or be a limit or boundary to.
Suspendverb
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
to suspend a thread of execution in a computer programTerminateverb
To kill.
Suspendverb
To hang freely; underhang.
to suspend a ball by a threadTerminateverb
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
Suspendverb
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
Terminateadjective
Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Suspendverb
(obsolete) To make to depend.
Terminateadjective
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.Suspendverb
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a clubTerminateadjective
(mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.Suspendverb
(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
Terminateverb
bring to an end or halt;
She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crimeThe attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWISuspendverb
To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
Terminateverb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bedYour rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of otherMy property ends by the bushesThe symphony ends in a pianissimoSuspendverb
hang freely;
The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat themTerminateverb
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
This sad scene ended the movieSuspendverb
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;
suspend the particlesTerminateverb
terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary todayThe company terminated 25% of its workersSuspendverb
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Suspendverb
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
Suspend the aid to the war-torn countrySuspendverb
make inoperative or stop;
suspend payments on the loanSuspendverb
as of a prison sentence
