The difference between End and Limit

When used as nouns, end means the terminal point of something in space or time, whereas limit means a restriction.

When used as verbs, end means to finish, terminate, whereas limit means to restrict.


Limit is also adjective with the meaning: being a fixed limit game.

check bellow for the other definitions of End and Limit

  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. Limit as a noun:

    A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

    Examples:

    "There are several existing limits to executive power."

    "Two drinks is my limit tonight."

  2. Limit as a noun (mathematics):

    A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

    Examples:

    "The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit."

  3. Limit as a noun (mathematics):

    Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

    Examples:

    "Category theory defines a very general concept of limit."

  4. Limit as a noun (category theory):

    The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.

    Examples:

    "hyponyms terminal object categorical product pullback equalizer"

  5. Limit as a noun (poker):

    Short for fixed limit.

  6. Limit as a noun:

    The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.

    Examples:

    "the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country"

  7. Limit as a noun (obsolete):

    The space or thing defined by limits.

  8. Limit as a noun (obsolete):

    That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

  9. Limit as a noun (obsolete):

    A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.

  10. Limit as a noun (logic, metaphysics):

    A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.

  11. Limit as a noun (cycling):

    The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.

  1. Limit as an adjective (poker):

    Being a fixed limit game.

  1. Limit as a verb (transitive):

    To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

    Examples:

    "We need to limit the power of the executive."

    "I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight."

  2. Limit as a verb (mathematics, intransitive):

    To have a limit in a particular set.

    Examples:

    "The sequence limits on the point ''a''."

  3. Limit as a verb (obsolete):

    To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

    Examples:

    "a limiting friar"