End vs. Finish
Endnoun
The terminal point of something in space or time.
Endnoun
(by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Endnoun
(by extension) Death.
Endnoun
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
Endnoun
Result.
Endnoun
A purpose, goal, or aim.
Endnoun
(cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
Endnoun
(American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
Endnoun
(curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
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(mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
Endnoun
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
Endnoun
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Endnoun
Money.
Endverb
to come to an end
Endverb
(transitive) To finish, terminate.
Endnoun
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.
Endnoun
Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
Endnoun
Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
Endnoun
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.
Endnoun
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
Endnoun
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Endverb
To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
Endverb
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
Endverb
To destroy; to put to death.
Endverb
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.
Endnoun
either extremity of something that has length;
Endnoun
the point in time at which something ends;
Endnoun
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence;
Endnoun
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;
Endnoun
a final part or section;
Endnoun
a final state;
Endnoun
the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;
Endnoun
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;
Endnoun
one of two places from which people are communicating to each other;
Endnoun
a boundary marking the extremities of something;
Endnoun
the part you are expected to play;
Endnoun
the last section of a communication;
Endnoun
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Endnoun
a position on the line of scrimmage;
Endverb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
Endverb
bring to an end or halt;
Endverb
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
Endverb
put an end to;
Finishnoun
An end; the end of anything.
Finishnoun
A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
Finishnoun
The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
Finishnoun
A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
Finishnoun
(sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
Finishverb
(transitive) To complete (something).
Finishverb
(transitive) To apply a treatment to a surface or similar.
Finishverb
(transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
Finishverb
(intransitive) To come to an end.
Finishverb
(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
Finishverb
To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
Finishverb
To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
Finishverb
To come to an end; to terminate.
Finishverb
To end; to die.
Finishnoun
That which finishes, puts an end to or perfects.
Finishnoun
The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
Finishnoun
The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
Finishnoun
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.
Finishnoun
Completion; - opposed to start, or beginning.
Finishnoun
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);
Finishnoun
designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race);
Finishnoun
the act of finishing;
Finishnoun
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);
Finishnoun
the temporal end; the concluding time;
Finishnoun
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed);
Finishnoun
event whose occurrence ends something;
Finishnoun
the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict);
Finishnoun
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;
Finishverb
come or bring to a finish or an end;
Finishverb
finally be or do something;
Finishverb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
Finishverb
provide with a finish;
Finishverb
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;
Finishverb
cause to finish a relationship with somebody;
