Conclude vs Grind - What's the difference?

conclude | grind |

As a verb conclude

is to end; to come to an end.

As a noun grind is

conclude

English

Verb

(conclud)

To end; to come to an end.

The story concluded with a moral.

To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

* Francis Bacon

I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor of state.

To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

to conclude a bargain

* Shakespeare

if we conclude a peace

To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.

* Tillotson

No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him.

(obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

* Addison

But no frail man, however great or high, / Can be concluded blest before he die.

To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.

The defendant is concluded by his own plea.

A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.

* Sir M. Hale

If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it.

(obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.

* Hooker

The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave.

(obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.

* Bible, Romans xi. 32

For God hath concluded all in unbelief.

* Bible, Gal. iii. 22

The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.

(logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Derived terms

* concluder * concludable * conclusion * conclusive * conclusible

Antonyms

* (to end) begin, initiate, start

grind

English

(wikipedia grind)

Verb

(see usage notes below )

To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

To shape with the force of friction.

grind a lens

grind an axe

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

This corn grinds well.

Steel grinds to a sharp edge.

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

(sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

To oppress, hold down or weaken.

(slang) To rotate the hips erotically.

(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.

(video games) To repeat a task in order to gain levels or items.

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

To instill through repetitive teaching.

Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.

(slang, Hawaii) To eat.

Eh, brah, let's go grind .

(slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

(Farrar)

Usage notes

* In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground. * Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete. * When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.

Derived terms

* bump and grind * have an axe to grind

Noun

(en noun)

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

This bag contains espresso grind .

A tedious task.

This homework is a grind .

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

(archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.

(subgenre of heavy metal)