Terminus vs. Statue

Terminusnoun

The end or final point of something.

Statuenoun

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.

Terminusnoun

The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located. Transport

Statuenoun

(dated) A portrait.

Terminusnoun

A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.

Statueverb

(transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Terminusnoun

Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

Statuenoun

The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.

‘I will raise her statue in pure gold.’;

Terminusnoun

The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.

Statuenoun

A portrait.

Terminusnoun

Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.

Statueverb

To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Terminusnoun

Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.

Statuenoun

a sculpture representing a human or animal

Terminusnoun

a place where something ends or is complete

Statuenoun

a carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.

Terminusnoun

the ultimate goal for which something is done

Statue

A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals or non-representational forms are carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to life-size; a sculpture that represents persons or animals in full figure but that is small enough to lift and carry is a statuette or figurine, whilst one more than twice life-size is a colossal statue.Statues have been produced in many cultures from prehistory to the present; the oldest-known statue dating to about 30,000 years ago.

Terminusnoun

(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

Terminusnoun

either end of a railroad or bus route

Terminusnoun

station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

Terminusnoun

the end of a railway or other transport route, or a station at such a point; a terminal.

Terminusnoun

an oil or gas terminal.

Terminusnoun

a final point in space or time; an end or extremity

‘the exhibition's terminus is 1962’;

Terminusnoun

the end of a polypeptide or polynucleotide chain or similar long molecule.

Terminusnoun

a figure of a human bust or an animal ending in a square pillar from which it appears to spring, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.