The difference between Expiration and Termination

When used as nouns, expiration means the act of expiring, whereas termination means the process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

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  1. Expiration as a noun:

    The act of expiring.

  2. Expiration as a noun:

    The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth

    Examples:

    "respiration consists of inspiration and expiration"

  3. Expiration as a noun:

    Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.

  4. Expiration as a noun (euphemism):

    The last emission of breath; death.

  5. Expiration as a noun:

    A cessation, extinction, ending

  6. Expiration as a noun:

    That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

  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.

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