ending vs settlement

settlement vs ending

ending and settlement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ending	Yes	No	No	No
settlement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, settlement is a hyponym of ending; that is, settlement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ending:

ending: the act of ending something
settlement: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

Other hyponyms of ending include abort, demonetisation, demonetization, release, tone ending, closing, completion, culmination, mop up, windup, retirement, relinquishing, relinquishment, breakup, dissolution, overthrow, adjournment, dissolution, discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking, destruction, devastation, kill, killing, putting to death, abolishment, abolition, liquidation, drug withdrawal, withdrawal, closedown, closing, closure, shutdown, extinction, extinguishing, quenching, disappearance, fade, abortion, deactivation, defusing, discontinuance, discontinuation.

ending (noun)	settlement (noun)
the act of ending something	termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
the last section of a communication	something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
event whose occurrence ends something	a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
the point in time at which something ends	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
	a community of people smaller than a town
	an area where a group of families live together

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