end vs ruin

end

verb
  • To finish, terminate. 

  • to come to an end 

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • Death. 

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

ruin

verb
  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

noun
  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • The act of ruining something. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

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