[celticninja]

Cease is more like stop doing something you were already doing, where is desist is More like don't even start it.

So perhaps they should be cease or desist.

[James-Livesey]

Perhaps, but then one _could_ say, "I'll pick 'cease', please! I'll get back to doing it again later"

[wavefunction]

Or "stop doing it and don't restart"