End vs. Finish — What's the Difference?
Difference Between End and Finish
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End
Either extremity of something that has length
The end of the pier.
Finish
To stop (doing an activity or task) after reaching the point at which there is nothing left to do
Finished cleaning the room.
End
The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary
The end of town.
Finish
To bring to a required or desired state
Finish an assignment.
Finish a painting.
End
The point in time when an action, event, or phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion
The end of the day.
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Finish
To arrive at or attain the end of
Finish a race.
End
A result; an outcome.
Finish
(Sports) To perform the last maneuver in (an offensive play), scoring a goal.
End
Something toward which one strives; a goal.
Finish
To consume all of; use up
Finish a pie.
Finished off the pizza.
End
The termination of life or existence; death
“A man awaits his end / Dreading and hoping all” (William Butler Yeats).
Finish
To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
End
The ultimate extent; the very limit
The end of one's patience.
Finish
To destroy; kill
Finished the injured horse with a bullet.
End
(Slang) The very best; the ultimate
This pizza's the end.
Finish
To bring about the ruin of
The stock market crash finished many speculators.
End
A remainder; a remnant.
Finish
To come to an end; stop
A story that finishes with a twist.
End
A share of a responsibility or obligation
Your end of the bargain.
Finish
To reach the end of a task, course, or relationship
The speaker finished with a rousing call to action.
End
A particular area of responsibility
In charge of the business end of the campaign.
Finish
(Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play
A good forward who just can't seem to finish.
End
A warp end.
Finish
The final part; the conclusion
Racers neck-and-neck at the finish.
End
(Football) Either of the players in the outermost position on the line of scrimmage. Offensive ends are eligible to catch passes.
Finish
The reason for one's ruin; downfall
Stealing the computer codes proved to be his finish.
End
To bring to a conclusion
Let's end this discussion.
Finish
The last treatment or coating of a surface
Applied a shellac finish to the cabinet.
End
To form the last or concluding part of
The song that ended the performance.
Finish
The surface texture produced by such a treatment or coating.
End
To destroy
Ended our hopes.
Finish
A material used in surfacing or finishing.
End
To come to a finish; cease
The rain ended.
Finish
Completeness, refinement, or smoothness of execution; polish.
End
To arrive at a place, situation, or condition as a result of a course of action. Often used with up
He ended up as an adviser to the president. The painting ended up being sold for a million dollars.
Finish
The flavor left in the mouth after wine has been swallowed.
End
To die.
Finish
An end; the end of anything.
End
The terminal point of something in space or time.
At the end of the road, turn left.
At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
Finish
A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
The car's finish was so shiny and new.
End
(by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Is there no end to this madness?
Finish
The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
End
(by extension) Death.
He met a terrible end in the jungle.
I hope the end comes quickly.
Finish
A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
End
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
Hold the string at both ends.
My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen.
Finish
(sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
End
Result.
Finish
(transitive) To complete (something).
Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!
End
A purpose, goal, or aim.
For what end should I toil?
The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship.
Finish
(transitive) To apply a treatment to a surface or similar.
The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
End
(cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
The Pavillion End
Finish
(transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.
End
(American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
Finish
(intransitive) To come to an end.
We had to leave before the concert had finished.
End
(curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
Finish
(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
These rumours could finish your career.
End
(mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
Finish
To reach orgasm.
End
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
Odds and ends
Finish
To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
And heroically hath finishedA life heroic.
End
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Finish
To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
End
Money.
Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!
Finish
To come to an end; to terminate.
His days may finish ere that hapless time.
End
To come to an end
Is this movie never going to end?
The lesson will end when the bell rings.
Finish
To end; to die.
End
(transitive) To finish, terminate.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Finish
That which finishes, puts an end to or perfects.
End
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.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.
Finish
The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
End
Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
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!
Finish
The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
End
Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
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.
Finish
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.
End
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.
Losing her, the end of living lose.
When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
Finish
Completion; - opposed to start, or beginning.
End
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
I clothe my naked villainyWith old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Finish
A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);
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
End
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Finish
Designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race);
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
End
To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
On the seventh day God ended his work.
Finish
The act of finishing;
His best finish in a major tournament was third
The speaker's finishing was greeted with applause
End
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
Finish
The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);
A crowd assembled at the finish
He was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view
End
To destroy; to put to death.
Finish
The temporal end; the concluding time;
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
End
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.
Finish
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed);
The wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish
End
Either extremity of something that has length;
The end of the pier
She knotted the end of the thread
They rode to the end of the line
Finish
Event whose occurrence ends something;
His death marked the ending of an era
When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show
End
The point in time at which something ends;
The end of the year
The ending of warranty period
The middle of the war
Rain during the middle of April
Finish
The downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict);
Booze will be the finish of him
It was a fight to the finish
End
The concluding parts of an event or occurrence;
The end was exciting
I had to miss the last of the movie
Finish
A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;
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
End
The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;
The ends justify the means
Finish
Come or bring to a finish or an end;
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
End
A final part or section;
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
Finish
Finally be or do something;
He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
He wound up being unemployed and living at home again
End
A final state;
He came to a bad end
The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
Finish
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
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
End
The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;
One end of the box was marked `This side up'
Finish
Provide with a finish;
The carpenter finished the table beautifully
End
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;
The end managed to hold onto the pass
Finish
Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;
She polished off the remaining potatoes
End
One of two places from which people are communicating to each other;
The phone rang at the other end
Both ends wrote at the same time
Finish
Cause to finish a relationship with somebody;
That finished me with Mary
End
A boundary marking the extremities of something;
The end of town
End
The part you are expected to play;
He held up his end
End
The last section of a communication;
In conclusion I want to say...
End
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
End
A position on the line of scrimmage;
No one wanted to play end
End
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
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
End
Bring to an end or halt;
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
End
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
This sad scene ended the movie
End
Put an end to;
The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived
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