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
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Desist as a verb (ambitransitive):
To cease to proceed or act; to stop .
Examples:
"Please desist from telephoning me on this number."
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Halt as a verb (intransitive):
To limp; move with a limping gait.
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Halt as a verb (intransitive):
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
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Halt as a verb (intransitive):
To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
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Halt as a verb:
To waver.
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Halt as a verb:
To falter.
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Halt as a verb (intransitive):
To stop marching.
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Halt as a verb (intransitive):
To stop either temporarily or permanently.
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Halt as a verb (transitive):
To bring to a stop.
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Halt as a verb (transitive):
To cause to discontinue.
Examples:
"The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week."
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Halt as a noun:
A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
Examples:
"The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."
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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."
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Halt as an adjective (archaic):
Lame, limping.
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Halt as a noun (dated):
Lameness; a limp.