The difference between Halt and Terminate

When used as verbs, halt means to limp, whereas terminate means to end, especially in an incomplete state.

When used as adjectives, halt means lame, limping, whereas terminate means terminated.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Halt and Terminate

Halt as a verb (intransitive):

To limp; move with a limping gait.
Halt as a verb (intransitive):

To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
Halt as a verb (intransitive):

To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
Halt as a verb:

To waver.
Halt as a verb:

To falter.

Halt as a verb (intransitive):

To stop marching.
Halt as a verb (intransitive):

To stop either temporarily or permanently.
Halt as a verb (transitive):

To bring to a stop.
Halt as a verb (transitive):

To cause to discontinue.

Examples:

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

Halt as a noun:

A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

Examples:

"The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."
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."

Terminate as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

To end, especially in an incomplete state.

Examples:

"to terminate a surface by a line"

"to terminate an effort, or a controversy"
Terminate as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

To set or be a limit or boundary to.
Terminate as a verb (transitive, euphemistic):

To kill.
Terminate as a verb (transitive, euphemistic):

To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.

Terminate as an adjective:

Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Terminate as an adjective:

Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.

Examples:

"Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth."
Terminate as an adjective (mathematics):

Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

Examples:

"One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal."