run short vs terminate

run short and terminate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
run short	No	No	Yes	No
terminate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, terminate is a hypernym of run short; that is, terminate is a word with a broader meaning than run short:

run short: to be spent or finished
terminate: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of run short include cease, end, finish, stop.

run short (verb)	terminate (verb)
to be spent or finished	bring to an end or halt
	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
	be the end of; be the last or concluding part of