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Ending vs Terminal - What's the difference?

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Ending is a related term of terminal.


As nouns the difference between ending and terminal

is that ending is a termination or conclusion while terminal is terminal (at an airport etc).

As a verb ending

is .

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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    terminal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
  • A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
  • In 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.
  • In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
  • (computing) In the context of computer hardware, 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 terminal (6).
  • (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (illness) Fatal; resulting in death.
  • (example) terminal cancer
  • Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
  • Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.
  • Synonyms

    * (appearing at the end) final, late

    Antonyms

    * (l) * (illness) early * (appearing at the end) initial, early

    Anagrams

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