end vs invest

end

verb
  • to come to an end 

  • To finish, terminate. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A purpose, goal, or aim. 

  • 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. 

invest

verb
  • To lay siege to. 

  • To surround, accompany, or attend. 

  • To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. 

  • To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. 

  • To ceremonially install someone in some office. 

  • To be involved in; to form strong attachments to. 

  • To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster). 

  • To make investments. 

  • To formally give (someone) some power or authority. 

  • To envelop, wrap, cover. 

  • To formally give (power or authority). 

noun
  • An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system. 

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