send packing vs terminate

send packing and terminate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
send packing	No	No	Yes	No
terminate	No	No	Yes	No

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

send packing: stop associating with
terminate: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Other hypernyms of send packing include can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away.

send packing (verb)	terminate (verb)
stop associating with	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