endpoint vs verge

endpoint

noun
  • Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment. 

  • The entity at one end of a connection. 

  • A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study. 

  • The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added. 

  • Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point. 

  • Either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1. 

verge

noun
  • An edge or border. 

  • A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. 

  • The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road. 

  • The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge. 

  • An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland. 

  • The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. 

  • The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. 

  • A circumference; a circle; a ring. 

  • An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen. 

  • The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof. 

verb
  • To be or come very close; to border; to approach. 

  • To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope. 

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