end game vs last

end game and last both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
end game	Yes	No	No	No
last	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

As nouns, last is a hypernym of end game; that is, last is a word with a broader meaning than end game:

end game: the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
last: the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence

Other hypernyms of end game include end.

As nouns, last is a hypernym of end game; that is, last is a word with a broader meaning than end game:

Other hypernyms of end game include end.

end game (noun)	last (noun)
the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board	a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
the final stages of an extended process of negotiation	holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
	the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
	a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
	a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
	the last or lowest in an ordering or series
	the temporal end; the concluding time
	the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

end game (adjective)	last (adjective)
	coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
	occurring at or forming an end or termination
	occurring at the time of death
	highest in extent or degree
	immediately past
	conclusive in a process or progression
	not to be altered or undone
	most unlikely or unsuitable
	lowest in rank or importance

end game (verb)	last (verb)
	persist for a specified period of time
	continue to live and avoid dying

end game (adverb)	last (adverb)
	most recently
	the item at the end