closing vs. stopping a meeting

[Juiceful1978]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #131 "Ways of approving", question 10

The meeting unanimously supported the chairman when he suggested that they ......... the meeting.

(a) shut
(b) finalise
(c) stop
(d) close

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #131 "Ways of approving", answer 10

The meeting unanimously supported the chairman when he suggested that they close the meeting.

Correct answer: (d) close

Your answer was: incorrect
The meeting unanimously supported the chairman when he suggested that they stop the meeting.
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why use close not stop here

[Torsten]

If you close a meeting you finish it successfully. If you stop a meeting you just interrupt it without reaching the goals of the meeting.
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