Warehouse vs. Terminal — What's the Difference?

A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc.

Forming or situated at the end or extremity of something

A large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored prior to their distribution for sale.

(of a disease) predicted to lead to death, especially slowly; incurable

Store (goods) in a warehouse

Done or occurring each school, college, university, or law term

Place (a prisoner or a psychiatric patient) in a large, impersonal institution in which their problems are not satisfactorily addressed

The end of a railway or other transport route, or a station at such a point

A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.

A point of connection for closing an electric circuit

A large, usually wholesale shop.

A device at which a user enters data or commands for a computer system and which displays the received output.

To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse.

Another term for terminus (sense 3 of the noun)

To institutionalize (a person) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent

A patient suffering from a terminal illness.

A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.

Of, at, relating to, or forming a limit, boundary, extremity, or end

(transitive) To store in a warehouse or similar.

(Botany) Growing or appearing at the end of a stem, branch, stalk, or similar part.

(transitive) To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.

Of, at, relating to, or being the end of a section or series; final.

To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.

A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

A storehouse for wares, or goods.

A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.

To deposit or secure in a warehouse.

A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.

A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.

A storehouse for goods and merchandise

A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.

Store in a warehouse

A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.

(electronics) the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.

An electric contact on a battery.

(telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.

(computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.

(computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

(computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

(biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

Fatal; resulting in death.

Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.

Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it

(archaic) Occurring every term; termly.

To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.

Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.

That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.

Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.

The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto.

The station at either end of a bus line line which transports freight or passengers.

A station where passenger buses start or end a trip; - also called bus terminal.

The structure at an airport where passengers board or debark, and where ticket purchases and baggage pickup is performed; - also called airline terminal.

An electronic device where data may be entered into a computer, and information received from it, usually consisting of a keyboard and video display unit (monitor); the terminal may be integrated or connected directly to a computer, or connected by a communications circuit with a computer at a remote location; - also called computer terminal.

Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

Being or situated at an end;

Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route;

Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time;

Occurring at or forming an end or termination;

Causing or ending in or approaching death;