termination vs terminate

termination is a noun but terminate is not a noun.

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

termination (noun)	terminate (noun)
the act of ending something
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
something that results
a place where something ends or is complete
a coming to an end of a contract period

termination (verb)	terminate (verb)
	bring to an end or halt
	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
	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