The difference between Extreme and Final

When used as nouns, extreme means the greatest or utmost point, degree or condition, whereas final means a final examination.

When used as adjectives, extreme means of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost, whereas final means last.


Extreme is also adverb with the meaning: extremely.

check bellow for the other definitions of Extreme and Final

  1. Extreme as an adjective:

    Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

    Examples:

    "At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin."

  2. Extreme as an adjective:

    In the greatest or highest degree; intense.

    Examples:

    "He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor."

  3. Extreme as an adjective:

    Excessive, or far beyond the norm.

    Examples:

    "His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home."

  4. Extreme as an adjective:

    Drastic, or of great severity.

    Examples:

    "I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security."

  5. Extreme as an adjective:

    Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.

    Examples:

    "Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding."

  6. Extreme as an adjective (archaic):

    Ultimate, final or last.

    Examples:

    "the extreme hour of life"

  1. Extreme as a noun:

    The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.

  2. Extreme as a noun:

    Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.

    Examples:

    "'extremes of temperature"

  3. Extreme as a noun:

    A drastic expedient.

  4. Extreme as a noun (mathematics):

    Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

  1. Extreme as an adverb (archaic):

    Extremely.

  1. Final as a noun (North America):

    A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

  2. Final as a noun (sports):

    The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.

  3. Final as a noun:

    A contest that narrows a field of contestants to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).

  4. Final as a noun (phonology):

    The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.

  5. Final as a noun (music):

    The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.

  1. Final as an adjective:

    Last; ultimate.

    Examples:

    "'final solution; the final day of a school term"

  2. Final as an adjective:

    Conclusive; decisive.

    Examples:

    "a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue"

  3. Final as an adjective:

    Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.

  4. Final as an adjective (grammar):

    Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.

  5. Final as an adjective (linguistics):

    Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.