capping vs end

capping

noun
  • the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit. 

  • The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well. 

  • The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date. 

  • The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face. 

  • The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer. 

  • The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY. 

  • Lying or exaggerating. 

  • The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect. 

end

noun
  • That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. 

  • A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion. 

  • An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory) 

  • The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. 

  • Result. 

  • The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. 

  • A purpose, goal, or aim. 

  • The terminal point of something in space or time. 

  • One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. 

  • Money. 

  • One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. 

  • Death. 

  • The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. 

verb
  • to come to an end 

  • To finish, terminate. 

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