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ending vs finale

finale vs ending

ending and finale both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ending Yes No No No
finale Yes No No No
As nouns, finale is a hyponym of ending; that is, finale is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ending:
  • ending: the last section of a communication
  • finale: the closing section of a musical composition
Other hyponyms of ending include anticlimax, bathos, epilog, epilogue, epilog, epilogue, peroration, coda.
As nouns, finale is a hyponym of ending; that is, finale is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ending:
  • ending: the point in time at which something ends
  • finale: the temporal end; the concluding time
Other hyponyms of ending include death, last, death, demise, dying, period, year-end, close, conclusion, finis, finish, last, stopping point, cease, fag end, tail, tail end, fin de siecle, last gasp, expiration, expiry, termination, limit, terminal point, terminus ad quem.
ending (noun) finale (noun)
the act of ending something the concluding part of any performance
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) the closing section of a musical composition
the last section of a communication the temporal end; the concluding time
event whose occurrence ends something
the point in time at which something ends
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