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terminate vs culminate

culminate vs terminate

terminate and culminate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
terminate No No Yes No
culminate No No Yes No
As verbs, culminate is a hyponym of terminate; that is, culminate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than terminate:
  • terminate: bring to an end or halt
  • culminate: bring to a head or to the highest point
Other hyponyms of terminate include close out, finish, abort, lift, raise, ax, axe, kill, stamp out, break up, dissolve, break up, dissolve, break, break off, discontinue, stop, break, interrupt, finalise, finalize, nail down, settle, complete, finish, closure, cloture, adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle, conclude, close, phase out, close.
As verbs, culminate is a hyponym of terminate; that is, culminate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than terminate:
  • terminate: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  • culminate: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
Other hyponyms of terminate include pass away, lapse, cut out, go out, adjourn, break up, recess, disappear, vanish, climax, run out, go, run low, run short, disappear, go away, vanish, close, conclude, come out, turn out, discontinue, break.
terminate (verb) culminate (verb)
bring to an end or halt end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position rise to, or form, a summit
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical bring to a head or to the highest point
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
reach the highest or most decisive point
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