abend vs termination

abend

• Termination of a process prior to completion. 

• The abnormal termination of a program. 

• To terminate abnormally. 

termination

• The process of terminating or the state of being terminated. 

• The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix. 

• An induced abortion. 

• The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason. 

• An end in time; a conclusion. 

• An end in space; an edge or limit. 

• An outcome or result. 

• The ending up of a polypeptid chain.