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Termination vs Terminus - What's the difference?

termination | terminus |

As a noun termination

is the process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

As a proper noun terminus is

(roman mythology) was the god of boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important roman festival of terminalia.

termination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
  • The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
  • An end in time; a conclusion.
  • An end in space; an edge or limit.
  • An outcome or result.
  • The last part of a word; a suffix.
  • (medical) An induced abortion.
  • (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
  • * 1599 ,
    • She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations , there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.
  • The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

    • Synonyms

    * (process of terminating ): discontinuation, stoppage * (state of being termined ): discontinuation * (process of firing an employee ): discharge, dismissal * (end in time ): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop * (end in space ): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip * (outcome ): consequence, outcome, result, upshot * (medical): abortion, induced abortion

    Antonyms

    * (process of terminating or the state of being terminated) continuation

    Derived terms

    * extermination * terminative * terminative case

    terminus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The end or final point of something.
  • The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
  • A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.

    • Related terms

    * terminal * terminate * termination * terminus a quo * terminus ante quem

    Antonyms

    * origin

    Anagrams

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