end vs institution

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. 

institution

noun
  • The act of instituting something. 

  • Any long established and respected place or business. 

  • A custom or practice of a society or community. 

  • The building or buildings which house such an organization. 

  • A person long established in a place, position, or field. 

  • A mental institution. 

  • A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work. 

  • The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest. 

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