The difference between End and Get off

When used as verbs, end means to finish, terminate, whereas get off means to move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.

End is also noun with the meaning: the terminal point of something in space or time.

check bellow for the other definitions of End and Get off

  1. 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."

  2. End as a noun (by extension):

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

    Examples:

    "Is there no end to this madness?"

  3. End as a noun (by extension):

    Death.

    Examples:

    "He met a terrible end in the jungle."

    "I hope the end comes quickly."

  4. 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."

  5. End as a noun:

    Result.

  6. End as a noun:

    A purpose, goal, or aim.

  7. 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'"

  8. 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.

  9. End as a noun (curling):

    A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.

  10. End as a noun (mathematics):

    An ideal point of a graph or other complex.

  11. End as a noun:

    That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.

    Examples:

    "odds and ends"

  12. End as a noun:

    One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

  1. 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."

  1. Get off as a verb (transitive):

    To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.

    Examples:

    "Get off your chair and help me."

  2. Get off as a verb (transitive):

    To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.

    Examples:

    "Could you get the book off the top shelf for me?"

  3. Get off as a verb (transitive, and, intransitive):

    To disembark, especially from mass transportation, such as a bus or train.

    Examples:

    "You get off the train at the third stop."

    "When we reach the next stop, we'll get off."

  4. Get off as a verb (transitive, and, intransitive):

    To stop (doing something), to desist from (doing something).

    Examples:

    "This is where you get off ordering me about!"

  5. Get off as a verb (transitive):

    To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.

    Examples:

    "Can you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently."

  6. Get off as a verb (transitive, and, intransitive):

    To complete a shift or a day's work.

    Examples:

    "If I can get off early tomorrow, I'll give you a ride home."

  7. Get off as a verb (intransitive):

    To stop touching or interfering with something or someone.

    Examples:

    "Don't tickle me – get off!"

  8. Get off as a verb (transitive, _, with object following ''“get”'', slang):

    To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner.

    Examples:

    "Catwoman's costume really gets me off."

  9. Get off as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To experience an orgasm or other sexual pleasure; to become sexually aroused.

    Examples:

    "You are not allowed to get off in my bedroom."

    "It takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off."

  10. Get off as a verb (intransitive, slang, UK):

    To kiss; to smooch.

    Examples:

    "I'd like to get off with him after the party."

  11. Get off as a verb (intransitive):

    To escape (with usually only mild consequences).

    Examples:

    "The vandal got off easy, with only a fine."

    "to get off easily from a trial"

    "You got off lightly by not being kept in detention for breaking that window."

  12. Get off as a verb (intransitive, UK):

    To fall asleep.

    Examples:

    "If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again."

  13. Get off as a verb (transitive, especially in an [[interrogative]] sentence):

    To behave in an presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner.

    Examples:

    "Where do you get off talking to me like that?"

  14. Get off as a verb (dated):

    To utter; to discharge.

    Examples:

    "to get off a joke"

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