clash vs endgame

clash

noun
  • match; a game between two sides. 

  • A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects. 

  • A skirmish, a hostile encounter. 

  • An angry argument 

  • Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc. 

  • Chatter; gossip; idle talk. 

  • A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours. 

  • An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession. 

verb
  • To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all. 

  • To argue angrily. 

  • To chatter or gossip. 

  • To come into violent conflict. 

  • To make a clashing sound. 

  • To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize. 

  • To face each other in an important game. 

  • To cause to make a clashing sound. 

endgame

noun
  • The final stage of any game. 

  • The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left. 

  • The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan. 

  • The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges. 

  • The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left. 

adj
  • Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such. 

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