Pause vs. Resume

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  • Pause (verb)

    To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

  • Pause (verb)

    To interrupt an activity and wait.

    “When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.”

  • Pause (verb)

    To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

  • Pause (verb)

    To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.

    “to pause a song, a video, or a computer game”

  • Pause (verb)

    To consider; to reflect.

  • Pause (noun)

    A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

  • Pause (noun)

    A short time for relaxing and doing something else.

  • Pause (noun)

    Hesitation; suspense; doubt.

  • Pause (noun)

    In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.

    “Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.”

  • Pause (noun)

    A break or paragraph in writing.

  • Pause (noun)

    A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.

  • Pause (noun)

    alternative spelling of Pause||a button that pauses or resumes something

  • Pause (noun)

    take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

  • Resume (verb)

    To take back possession of (something). from 15th c.

  • Resume (verb)

    To summarise. from 15th c.

  • Resume (verb)

    To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. from 15th c.

    “We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.”

  • Resume (noun)

    A summary or synopsis. from 18th c.

  • Resume (noun)

    A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications, a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job). from 20th c.

Wiktionary
  • Pause (verb)

    interrupt action or speech briefly

    “she paused, at a loss for words”

  • Pause (verb)

    temporarily interrupt the operation of (a process or device)

    “she had paused a tape on the VCR”

  • Pause (noun)

    a temporary stop in action or speech

    “she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain”

    “he chattered away without pause”

  • Pause (noun)

    a mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount.

  • Pause (noun)

    a control allowing the temporary interruption of recording, playback, or other process.

  • Resume (verb)

    begin again or continue after a pause or interruption

    “a day later normal service was resumed”

    “the talks resumed in April”

  • Resume (verb)

    begin speaking again after a pause or interruption

    “he sipped at the glass of water and then resumed”

  • Resume (verb)

    take or put on again

    “the judge resumed his seat”

  • Resume (noun)

    a summary

    “I gave him a quick résumé of events”

  • Resume (noun)

    another term for curriculum vitae

Oxford Dictionary

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