Finish vs. Podium — What's the Difference?

To stop (doing an activity or task) after reaching the point at which there is nothing left to do

A podium (plural podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. It derives from the Greek πόδι (foot).

To bring to a required or desired state

An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker.

To arrive at or attain the end of

A stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern.

(Sports) To perform the last maneuver in (an offensive play), scoring a goal.

A low wall serving as a foundation.

To consume all of; use up

A wall circling the arena of an ancient amphitheater.

To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.

(Biology) A structure resembling or functioning as a foot.

To destroy; kill

To complete a competition, especially a race, as one of the top three contestants, usually being honored while standing on a podium.

To bring about the ruin of

A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.

To come to an end; stop

(sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.

To reach the end of a task, course, or relationship

A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.

(Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play

(sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.

The final part; the conclusion

A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.

The reason for one's ruin; downfall

The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.

The last treatment or coating of a surface

The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.

The surface texture produced by such a treatment or coating.

A foot or footstalk.

A material used in surfacing or finishing.

To finish in the top three at an event or competition.

Completeness, refinement, or smoothness of execution; polish.

A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.

The flavor left in the mouth after wine has been swallowed.

The foot.

An end; the end of anything.

A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

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

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).

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

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

(intransitive) To come to an end.

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

To reach orgasm.

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

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.

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);

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

The act of finishing;

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

The temporal end; the concluding time;

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

Event whose occurrence ends something;

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

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

Come or bring to a finish or an end;

Finally be or do something;

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

Provide with a finish;

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

Cause to finish a relationship with somebody;