endgame vs termination

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. 

termination

noun
  • The process of terminating or the state of being terminated. 

  • The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix. 

  • An induced abortion. 

  • The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason. 

  • An end in time; a conclusion. 

  • An end in space; an edge or limit. 

  • An outcome or result. 

  • The ending up of a polypeptid chain. 

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