The difference between Beginning and Conclusion

When used as nouns, beginning means the act of doing that which begins anything, whereas conclusion means the end, finish, close or last part of something.

Beginning is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Beginning and Conclusion

  1. Beginning as a noun (uncountable):

    The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

  2. Beginning as a noun:

    That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

  3. Beginning as a noun:

    That which begins or originates something; the first cause.

  4. Beginning as a noun:

    The initial portion of some extended thing.

    Examples:

    "The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story."

    "That house is at the beginning of the street."

  1. Beginning as a verb:

    Examples:

    "He is beginning to read a new book."

  1. Beginning as an adjective (informal):

    Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

    Examples:

    "in the beginning paragraph of the chapter"

    "in the beginning section of the course"

  1. Conclusion as a noun:

    The end, finish, close or last part of something.

  2. Conclusion as a noun:

    The outcome or result of a process or act.

  3. Conclusion as a noun:

    A decision reached after careful thought.

    Examples:

    "The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders."

  4. Conclusion as a noun (logic):

    In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

  5. Conclusion as a noun (obsolete):

    An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.

  6. Conclusion as a noun (legal):

    The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.

  7. Conclusion as a noun (legal):

    An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wharton"

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