Difference between Extinguish and Stub Out

EXTINGUISH vs STUB OUT: VERB

To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
To put an end to or make extinct; destroy: : annihilate.
To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy.

Kill
Put an end to
To put out; quench; stifle: as, to extinguish fire or flame.
To destroy; put an end to; suppress: as, to extinguish an army; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.
In law, to put an end to. See extinguishment, 2.
To put under a cloud; obscure: eclipse; make unnoticed or unnoticeable: as, he was completely extinguished in this brilliant company.

Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Crush out, Stub out, Carry off, Press out, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Tread on, Press down, Clear away, Whittle down, Concentrate on, Cancel out, Keep apart, Root out, Score off, Emunctory, Keep down, Do away with, Press out, Crush out, Extinguish

Defuse, Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Stub out, Crush out, Carry off, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Eat into, Tread on, Press down, Clear away, Whittle down, Concentrate on, Cancel out, Keep apart, Root out, Score off, Emunctory, Keep down, Do away with, Crush out, Extinguish

Do not attempt to extinguish a pipeline fire.
Only attempt to extinguish a fire if trained.
Vermont law such facts cannot extinguish these easements.
Mexican society has failed to extinguish her nonconformity.
Congress cannot by statute extinguish that constitutional authority.
Smoldering composites are difficult to extinguish with water.
New Fire Safety Rule Could Extinguish Singapore's Solar Sector. 20 March 2015 - New Fire Safety Rule Could Extinguish Singapore's Solar Sector.
Fixed schedules are easy to extinguish, whereas variable schedules are difficult to extinguish.
Mining leases do not necessarily extinguish all native title, but do extinguish the native title rights with which they conflict.
Some lamps may extinguish early; other lamps may flicker before they extinguish at their low end.

The piping stub out must be of proper height and location to permit proper installation of the meter.
Stub out list of names given to both men and women, to avoid duplication.
Note however that incomplete unit tests can often hide bugs because of the way they stub out dependencies.
The big difference is whether you stub out other microservices, infrastructure components and third party stuff or not.
Stub out your ductwork for return air and supply air registers.
Time to do more to stub out smoking in Singapore?
Units can be installed to a sewer line via stub out.
Weave Net Ruby method to stub out ENV variables in Rspec.
But hey, better to find out now so you can stub out that cigarette or cancel that tanning session.