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Termination vs Vermination - What's the difference?

termination | vermination |

As nouns the difference between termination and vermination

is that termination is the process of terminating or the state of being terminated while vermination is (archaic) the generation or breeding of vermin.

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

    vermination

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (archaic) The generation or breeding of vermin.
    • (Derham)
  • (archaic) A griping of the bowels.
    • (Webster 1913)