end vs termination

end

noun
  • Result. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • to come to an end 

  • To finish, terminate. 

termination

noun
  • An outcome or result. 

  • 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. 

  • The ending up of a polypeptid chain. 

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

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