endgame vs event

endgame

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

  • The final stage of any game. 

  • 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. 

event

noun
  • An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases). 

  • In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway. 

  • A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate. 

  • A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task. 

  • One of several contests that combine to make up a competition. 

  • An occurrence; something that happens. 

  • A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space. 

  • An episode of severe health conditions. 

  • A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) 

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