terminal vs termination

termination vs terminal

terminal and termination both are nouns.

terminal is an adjective but termination is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, termination is a hyponym of terminal; that is, termination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than terminal:

terminal: either extremity of something that has length
termination: a place where something ends or is complete

Other hyponyms of terminal include bitter end, bitthead, heel, point, magnetic pole, pole, railhead, terminus, yardarm, nerve end, nerve ending, telomere, heel, end point, endpoint, terminus, destination, finish, goal, tip.

terminal (noun)	termination (noun)
station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods	the act of ending something
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves	the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display	something that results
either extremity of something that has length	a place where something ends or is complete
	a coming to an end of a contract period

terminal (adjective)	termination (adjective)
being or situated at an end
relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
occurring at or forming an end or termination
causing or ending in or approaching death

Difference between terminal and termination

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