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what is the differences between "그만해 , 멈춰 , 정지 " ? As you can see these words "그만해 , 멈춰 , 정지 " ! are the same meaning as "stop" but, do you use each word for some reason ? \ can i use it in any where\ time i want to ? \ can i mix these words ? finally thank you very much :)

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그만해. Don't do it. It's OK. 멈춰. Don't move. 정지 stop -> ex)driving your car stop a crosswalk. and go. sorry. my english skill bad.
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they are similar, to learn those words by definitions is ,I think, not an efficient way. you had better be familiar with some examples in a dictionary. for examples 그만해라. 지루해서 못 들어 주겠다. (stop it. I can't bear your boring talking.) 멈춰 , 움직이면 쏜다.freeze, if you move, I will shoot you.
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the first two are very similar but the third one I think is closer to 가만 두다... like stay still but 가만 also could be used to ask someone to be silent or stop whatever they are doing. so I guess they are all very similar. 정지 comes from hanja originally. I am not sure if you hear it less frequently in informal everyday conversation or not, since hanja words sometimes tend to be used more in formal speech or in news. A native would probably have a better feel for this.

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