tail end vs end

end vs tail end

tail end and end both are nouns.

tail end is not a verb while end is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tail end	Yes	No	No	No
end	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, end is a hypernym of tail end; that is, end is a word with a broader meaning than tail end:

tail end: the time of the last part of something
end: the point in time at which something ends

Other hypernyms of tail end include ending.

tail end (noun)	end (noun)
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on	the part you are expected to play
any projection that resembles the tail of an animal	(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
the time of the last part of something	a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
	a final part or section
	the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
	the last section of a communication
	the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
	either extremity of something that has length
	a boundary marking the extremities of something
	the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
	one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
	(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
	a final state
	the point in time at which something ends

tail end (verb)	end (verb)
	bring to an end or halt
	put an end to
	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

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