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

  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. 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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