The difference between Leave off and Pause
When used as verbs, leave off means to omit, whereas pause means to take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
Pause is also noun with the meaning: a temporary stop or rest.
check bellow for the other definitions of Leave off and Pause
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Leave off as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To omit.
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Leave off as a verb (informal):
To desist; to cease.
Examples:
"Leave off hitting him!"
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Leave off as a verb (intransitive):
To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.
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Pause as a verb (intransitive):
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
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Pause as a verb (intransitive):
To interrupt an activity and wait.
Examples:
"When telling the scary story, he paused for effect."
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Pause as a verb (intransitive):
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
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Pause as a verb (transitive):
To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
Examples:
"to pause a song, a video, or a computer game"
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Pause as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To consider; to reflect.
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Pause as a noun:
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
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Pause as a noun:
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
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Pause as a noun:
Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
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Pause as a noun:
In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
Examples:
"Teach the pupil to mind the pauses."
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Pause as a noun:
A break or paragraph in writing.
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Pause as a noun (music):
A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
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Pause as a noun:
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Pause as a noun:
take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate