Terminate vs Extend - What's the difference?
terminate | extend |
To end, especially in an incomplete state.
* J. S. Harford
To kill.
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
(label) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
To increase in extent.
To possess a certain extent.
To cause to increase in extent.
To cause to last for a longer period of time.
To straighten (a limb).
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
(UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
As verbs the difference between terminate and extend
is that terminate is to end, especially in an incomplete state while extend is to increase in extent.As an adjective terminate
is terminated; limited; bounded; ended.terminate
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Verb
(terminat)Synonyms
* (to end incompletely) discontinue, stop, break off * (to kill) See alsoAntonyms
* (to end incompletely) continueSee also
* abortExternal links
* *Adjective
(en adjective)References
*Anagrams
* English ergative verbs ----extend
English
Verb
(en verb)- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend liquors