The difference between Desist and Halt

When used as verbs, desist means to cease to proceed or act, whereas halt means to limp.


Halt is also noun with the meaning: a cessation, either temporary or permanent.

Halt is also adjective with the meaning: lame, limping.

check bellow for the other definitions of Desist and Halt

  1. Desist as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To cease to proceed or act; to stop .

    Examples:

    "Please desist from telephoning me on this number."

  1. Halt as a verb (intransitive):

    To limp; move with a limping gait.

  2. Halt as a verb (intransitive):

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

  3. Halt as a verb (intransitive):

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

  4. Halt as a verb:

    To waver.

  5. Halt as a verb:

    To falter.

  1. Halt as a verb (intransitive):

    To stop marching.

  2. Halt as a verb (intransitive):

    To stop either temporarily or permanently.

  3. Halt as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to a stop.

  4. Halt as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to discontinue.

    Examples:

    "The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week."

  1. Halt as a noun:

    A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

    Examples:

    "The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."

  2. Halt as a noun (rail):

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

    Examples:

    "The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works."

  1. Halt as an adjective (archaic):

    Lame, limping.

  1. Halt as a noun (dated):

    Lameness; a limp.