end vs target

end

noun
  • A purpose, goal, or aim. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • to come to an end 

  • To finish, terminate. 

target

noun
  • A goal or objective. 

  • A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal. 

  • A bearing representing a buckler. 

  • The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs. 

  • A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc. 

  • A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war. 

  • The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark. 

  • A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. 

  • the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win 

  • An object of criticism or ridicule. 

  • The tenor of a metaphor. 

  • A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed. 

  • The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff. 

verb
  • To aim for as an audience or demographic. 

  • To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target). 

  • To produce code suitable for. 

How often have the words end and target occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )