settlement vs termination

termination vs settlement

settlement and termination both are nouns.

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

As nouns, termination is a hypernym of settlement; that is, termination is a word with a broader meaning than settlement:

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

Other hypernyms of settlement include conclusion, ending.

settlement (noun)	termination (noun)
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities	the act of ending something
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies	the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making	something that results
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it	a place where something ends or is complete
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 coming to an end of a contract period
a community of people smaller than a town
an area where a group of families live together

Difference between settlement and termination

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