Pause and Suspend

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Pause verb - To come to a temporary halt in one's activity.

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Suspend is a synonym for pause in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Suspend" instead a verb "Pause", when it comes to topics like wait.

Nearby Words: paused, pausing

Suspend verb - To bring to a formal close for a period of time.

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Pause is a synonym for suspend in stop topic. Sometimes you can use "Pause" instead a verb "Suspend".

part	pause part	suspend part
show	pause show	suspend show
time	pause time	suspend time
game	pause game	suspend game
Other words: fight, battle, shows.

If you needed to take a break while in a level, you'd either have to find a Save Point or use a suspend-save from the pause menu.

Source: Save-Game Limits

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