The difference between Apex and End
When used as nouns, apex means the "highest" or the greatest point of something, whereas end means the terminal point of something in space or time.
End is also verb with the meaning: to finish, terminate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Apex and End
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Apex as a noun:
The "highest" or the greatest point of something.
Examples:
"the apex of the building"
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Apex as a noun (figuratively):
The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
Examples:
"the apex of civilization"
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Apex as a noun (geometry):
The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).
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Apex as a noun (chiefly, anatomy):
The "pointed" fine end of something. The lowest part of the human heart. The deepest part of a tooth's root.
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Apex as a noun (botany):
The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.
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Apex as a noun (astronomy):
The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
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Apex as a noun (physics):
The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
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Apex as a noun (mining, US):
The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
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Apex as a noun (typography):
A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
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Apex as a noun (typography):
A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .
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End as a noun:
The terminal point of something in space or time.
Examples:
"At the end of the road, turn left."
"At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love."
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End as a noun (by extension):
The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Examples:
"Is there no end to this madness?"
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End as a noun (by extension):
Death.
Examples:
"He met a terrible end in the jungle."
"I hope the end comes quickly."
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End as a noun:
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
Examples:
"Hold the string at both ends."
"My father always sat at the end of the table."
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End as a noun:
Result.
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End as a noun:
A purpose, goal, or aim.
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End as a noun (cricket):
One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
Examples:
"The Pavillion End'"
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End as a noun (American football):
The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
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End as a noun (curling):
A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
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End as a noun (mathematics):
An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
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End as a noun:
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
Examples:
"odds and ends"
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End as a noun:
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
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End as a verb (ergative):
To finish, terminate.
Examples:
"Is this movie never going to end?"
"The lesson will end when the bell rings."
"The referee blew the whistle to end the game."