End vs. Finish

The terminal point of something in space or time.

Example: ‘At the end of the road, turn left.’; ‘At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.’;

(by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

Example: ‘Is there no end to this madness?’;

(by extension) Death.

Example: ‘He met a terrible end in the jungle.’; ‘I hope the end comes quickly.’;

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

Example: ‘Hold the string at both ends.’; ‘My father always sat at the end of the table.’;

Result.

A purpose, goal, or aim.

(cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.

Example: ‘The Pavillion End’;

(American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.

(curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.

(mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.

That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.

Example: ‘odds and ends’;

One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

Money.

Example: ‘Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!’;

to come to an end

Example: ‘Is this movie never going to end?’; ‘The lesson will end when the bell rings.’;

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

Example: ‘The referee blew the whistle to end the game.’;

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; - opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

Example: ‘Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.’;

Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

Example: ‘My guilt be on my head, and there an end.’; ‘O that a man might knowThe end of this day's business ere it come!’;

Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

Example: ‘Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.’; ‘Confound your hidden falsehood, and awardEither of you to be the other's end.’; ‘I shall see an end of him.’;

The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.

Example: ‘Losing her, the end of living lose.’; ‘When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.’;

That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

Example: ‘I clothe my naked villainyWith old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.’;

One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.

Example: ‘On the seventh day God ended his work.’;

To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

To destroy; to put to death.

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

either extremity of something that has length;

Example: ‘the end of the pier’; ‘she knotted the end of the thread’; ‘they rode to the end of the line’;

the point in time at which something ends;

Example: ‘the end of the year’; ‘the ending of warranty period’; ‘the middle of the war’; ‘rain during the middle of April’;

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence;

Example: ‘the end was exciting’; ‘I had to miss the last of the movie’;

the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;

Example: ‘the ends justify the means’;

a final part or section;

Example: ‘we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus’; ‘Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end’; ‘A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end’;

a final state;

Example: ‘he came to a bad end’; ‘the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end’;

the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;

Example: ‘one end of the box was marked `This side up'’;

(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;

Example: ‘the end managed to hold onto the pass’;

one of two places from which people are communicating to each other;

Example: ‘the phone rang at the other end’; ‘both ends wrote at the same time’;

a boundary marking the extremities of something;

Example: ‘the end of town’;

the part you are expected to play;

Example: ‘he held up his end’;

the last section of a communication;

Example: ‘in conclusion I want to say...’;

a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

a position on the line of scrimmage;

Example: ‘no one wanted to play end’;

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

Example: ‘the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed’; ‘Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other’; ‘My property ends by the bushes’; ‘The symphony ends in a pianissimo’;

bring to an end or halt;

Example: ‘She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime’; ‘The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI’; ‘The U.S. started a war in the Middle East’; ‘The Iraqis began hostilities’; ‘begin a new chapter in your life’;

be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;

Example: ‘This sad scene ended the movie’;

put an end to;

Example: ‘The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived’;

An end; the end of anything.

A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.

Example: ‘The car's finish was so shiny and new.’;

The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.

A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.

(sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.

(transitive) To complete (something).

Example: ‘Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!’;

(transitive) To apply a treatment to a surface or similar.

Example: ‘The furniture was finished in teak veneer.’;

(transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.

Example: ‘Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.’;

(intransitive) To come to an end.

Example: ‘We had to leave before the concert had finished.’;

(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.

Example: ‘These rumours could finish your career.’;

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

Example: ‘And heroically hath finishedA life heroic.’;

To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

To come to an end; to terminate.

Example: ‘His days may finish ere that hapless time.’;

To end; to die.

That which finishes, puts an end to or perfects.

The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.

The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.

The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.

Completion; - opposed to start, or beginning.

a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);

Example: ‘the boat had a metallic finish’; ‘he applied a coat of a clear finish’; ‘when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly’;

designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race);

Example: ‘excitement grew as the finish neared’; ‘my horse was several lengths behind at the finish’; ‘the winner is the team with the most points at the finish’;

the act of finishing;

Example: ‘his best finish in a major tournament was third’; ‘the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause’;

the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);

Example: ‘a crowd assembled at the finish’; ‘he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view’;

the temporal end; the concluding time;

Example: ‘the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell’; ‘the market was up at the finish’; ‘they were playing better at the close of the season’;

(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed);

Example: ‘the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish’;

event whose occurrence ends something;

Example: ‘his death marked the ending of an era’; ‘when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show’;

the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict);

Example: ‘booze will be the finish of him’; ‘it was a fight to the finish’;

a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;

Example: ‘they performed with great polish’; ‘I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose’; ‘almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art’;

come or bring to a finish or an end;

Example: ‘He finished the dishes’; ‘She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree’; ‘The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours’;

finally be or do something;

Example: ‘He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart’; ‘he wound up being unemployed and living at home again’;

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

Example: ‘the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed’; ‘Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other’; ‘My property ends by the bushes’; ‘The symphony ends in a pianissimo’;

provide with a finish;

Example: ‘The carpenter finished the table beautifully’;

finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;

Example: ‘She polished off the remaining potatoes’;

cause to finish a relationship with somebody;

Example: ‘That finished me with Mary’;