The difference between End and Initiate
When used as nouns, end means the terminal point of something in space or time, whereas initiate means a new member of an organization.
When used as verbs, end means to finish, terminate, whereas initiate means to begin.
Initiate is also adjective with the meaning: unpractised.
check bellow for the other definitions of End and Initiate
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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."
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Initiate as an adjective (obsolete):
Unpractised; untried; new.
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Initiate as an adjective (obsolete):
Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
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Initiate as a noun:
A new member of an organization.
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Initiate as a noun:
One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
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Initiate as a verb (transitive):
To begin; to start.
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Initiate as a verb:
To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
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Initiate as a verb:
To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
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Initiate as a verb (intransitive):
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
Examples:
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