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culmination vs follow-through

follow-through vs culmination

culmination and follow-through both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
culmination Yes No No No
follow-through Yes No No No
As nouns, follow-through is a hyponym of culmination; that is, follow-through is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than culmination:
  • culmination: a concluding action
  • follow-through: carrying some project or intention to full completion
Other hyponyms of culmination include consummation, consummation, finish, finishing, finalisation, finalization, graduation.
culmination (noun) follow-through (noun)
a concluding action carrying some project or intention to full completion
the decisive moment in a novel or play the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
a final climactic stage
Difference between culmination and follow-through

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