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Ultimately vs Final - What's the difference?

ultimately | final |

As an adverb ultimately

is indicating the last item.

As a noun final is

.

ultimately

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Indicating the last item.
  • Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Ultimately , ...
  • Indicating the most important action.
  • Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=That Wolves reached half-time on level terms had much to do with the ultimately luckless Hennessey, who was in action in the opening minute to tip away Samir Nasri's shot following a City corner.}}

    Synonyms

    * at last * eventually * in the end * at the end of the day

    final

    English

    (wikipedia final)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
  • (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
  • A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
  • (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
  • (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Last; ultimate.
  • :
  • *1671 , (John Milton), (Samson Agonistes)
  • *:Yet despair not of his final pardon.
  • Conclusive; decisive.
  • :
  • Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
  • (lb) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
  • (lb) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.
  • *
  • *:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
  • Synonyms

    * endly * terminal

    Antonyms

    * initial * early * first

    Derived terms

    * final cause * finalist * semifinal