terminate vs retire

terminate and retire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
terminate	No	No	Yes	No
retire	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, retire is a hyponym of terminate; that is, retire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than terminate:

terminate: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
retire: make (someone) retire

Other hyponyms of terminate include pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off, squeeze out, dismiss, drop, send away, send packing.

terminate (verb)	retire (verb)
bring to an end or halt	prepare for sleep
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position	cause to get out
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical	cause to be out on a fielding play
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of	lose interest
	pull back or move away or backward
	dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
	break from a meeting or gathering
	go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
	withdraw from active participation
	make (someone) retire
	withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds