- pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
--1 is a kind of time interval, interval
--1 has particulars:lapse; blackout; caesura; dead air; delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait; halftime; respite, rest, relief, rest period; time-out; letup, lull Derived forms: verb pause2, verb pause1 - pause - temporary inactivity
--2 is a kind of inactivity
--2 has particulars:respite, recess, break, time out; hesitation, waver, falter, faltering; intermission; freeze, halt Derived forms: verb pause2, verb pause1
- hesitate, pause - interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
--1 is one way to delay
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun pause2, noun pause1
They pause a long time
- pause, intermit, break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
--2 is one way to interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun pause1, noun pause2
Somebody ----s