end vs tail end

end

noun
  • The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • to come to an end 

  • To finish, terminate. 

tail end

noun
  • The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part. 

  • The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump. 

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