The difference between Conclude and Initiate

When used as verbs, conclude means to end, whereas initiate means to begin.


Initiate is also noun with the meaning: a new member of an organization.

Initiate is also adjective with the meaning: unpractised.

check bellow for the other definitions of Conclude and Initiate

  1. Conclude as a verb (intransitive):

    To end; to come to an end.

    Examples:

    "The story concluded with a moral."

  2. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

  3. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

    Examples:

    "to conclude a bargain"

  4. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

    Examples:

    "From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered."

  5. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

  6. Conclude as a verb:

    To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.

    Examples:

    "The defendant is concluded by his own plea."

    "A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence."

  7. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To shut up; to enclose.

  8. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.

  9. Conclude as a verb (logic):

    to deduce, to infer

  1. Initiate as an adjective (obsolete):

    Unpractised; untried; new.

  2. Initiate as an adjective (obsolete):

    Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

  1. Initiate as a noun:

    A new member of an organization.

  2. Initiate as a noun:

    One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

  1. Initiate as a verb (transitive):

    To begin; to start.

  2. Initiate as a verb:

    To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

  3. Initiate as a verb:

    To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.

  4. Initiate as a verb (intransitive):

    To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

    Examples:

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