finish vs ruin

finish and ruin both are nouns.

finish and ruin both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
finish	Yes	No	Yes	No
ruin	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, ruin is a hypernym of finish; that is, ruin is a word with a broader meaning than finish:

finish: the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
ruin: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

Other hypernyms of finish include downfall, ruination.

finish (noun)	ruin (noun)
the act of finishing	destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)	a ruined building
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)	an event that results in destruction
designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)	failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)	the process of becoming dilapidated
event whose occurrence ends something	an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
the temporal end; the concluding time

finish (verb)	ruin (verb)
finally be or do something	fall into ruin
come or bring to a finish or an end	destroy completely; damage irreparably
cause to finish a relationship with somebody	reduce to ruins
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table	deprive of virginity
provide with a finish	reduce to bankruptcy
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical	destroy or cause to fail

Difference between finish and ruin

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