Leave
Leave verb - To give up (a job or office).
Usage example: he left his job in the city and moved out into the country
Stay
Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Usage example: let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining
How words are described
| good | good leave | good stay |
| nice | nice leave | nice stay |
| best | best leave | best stay |
| long | long leave | long stay |
| Other adjectives: brief, short, permanent, temporary, last, extended, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In The Gay Divorcee, when Guy arrives at Mimi's hotel suite, he flips a coin, apparently deciding whether to leave or stay.
Source: Heads or Tails - Hell's Kitchen: Gordon Ramsey has the best member of the losing team reason why his teammates should either leave or stay.
Source: Career Building Blunder -
Heads or Tails: When Guy arrives at Mimi's hotel suite, he flips a coin, apparently deciding whether to leave or stay.
Source: Film / The Gay Divorcee
Cite this Source
Stay and Leave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/stay
Leave & Stay. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/stay>.
Stay or Leave. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/stay.
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