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Ending vs Deadline - What's the difference?

ending | deadline |

As verbs the difference between ending and deadline

is that ending is while deadline is (military) to render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

As nouns the difference between ending and deadline

is that ending is a termination or conclusion while deadline is a date on or before which something must be completed.

ending

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A termination or conclusion.
  • The last part of something.
  • (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

    • Synonyms

    * (termination or conclusion ): conclusion, end, termination * (last part of something ): end, finale * (grammar ):

    Phrases

    * bad ending * good ending

    Anagrams

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    deadline

    English

    (wikipedia deadline)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A date on or before which something must be completed.
    • I must make this deadline or my boss will ''kill'' me!
  • (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
  • (archaic) A line that does not move. (rfex)
  • (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

    • Verb

    (deadlin)
  • (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
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