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Gravedigger Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Hold and Pause

What is the difference in meaning between Hold and Pause?

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Hi Gravedigger: Have you consulted the dictionary? Can you give us more context? Hold has many different meanings, and most of them have nothing to do with pause .

  • Hi Gravedigger: Have you consulted the dictionary?
  • Can you give us more context?
  • Hold has many different meanings, and most of them have nothing to do with pause .
  • Pause means to stop an activity or put it on hold until the activity is resumed.
  • A video player has a pause button; it does not have a hold button.
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Hi Gravedigger:

Have you consulted the dictionary? Can you give us more context?

Hold has many different meanings, and most of them have nothing to do with pause.

Pause means to stop an activity or put it on hold until the activity is resumed. A video player has a pause button; it does not have a hold button.

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