The difference between End and Termination

When used as nouns, end means the terminal point of something in space or time, whereas termination means the process of terminating or the state of being terminated.


End is also verb with the meaning: to finish, terminate.

check bellow for the other definitions of End and Termination

  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. Termination as a noun:

    The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

  2. Termination as a noun:

    The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.

  3. Termination as a noun:

    An end in time; a conclusion.

  4. Termination as a noun:

    An end in space; an edge or limit.

  5. Termination as a noun:

    An outcome or result.

  6. Termination as a noun:

    The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.

  7. Termination as a noun (medical):

    An induced abortion.

  8. Termination as a noun (obsolete, rare):

    A word, a term.

  9. Termination as a noun:

    The ending up of a polypeptid chain.