different between termination vs death

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /t?m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

termination (countable and uncountable, plural terminations)

1. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
2. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
3. An end in time; a conclusion.
4. An end in space; an edge or limit.
5. An outcome or result.
6. The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.
   • 1849, E. A. Andrews, A First Latin Book; Or Progressive Lessons in Reading and Writing Latin, 2nd edition, Boston, p. 52 and 69:

     1. Some adjectives of the third declension have three terminations in the nominative singular,—one for each gender; some two,—one for the masculine and feminine, the other for the neuter; and some, only one for all genders.

     1. Verbs whose terminations are alike, are said to be of the same conjugation.
     2. Latin verbs are divided into four conjugations.

7. (medicine) An induced abortion.
8. (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

     She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.

9. The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

Synonyms

• (process of terminating): discontinuation, stoppage
• (state of being termined): discontinuation
• (process of firing an employee): discharge, dismissal
• (end in time): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop
• (end in space): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip
• (outcome): consequence, outcome, result, upshot
• (last part of a word): ending
• (medical): abortion, induced abortion

Antonyms

• (process of terminating or the state of being terminated): continuation

Derived terms

• extermination
• terminative
• terminative case

Related terms

• terminate

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• deth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deeth, from Old English d?aþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish död), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ówtus. Equivalent to die +? -th. More at die.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?th, IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -??
• (West Country) IPA^(key): /di??/
• Homophones: debt (with th-stopping), deaf (with th-fronting)

Noun

death (countable and uncountable, plural deaths)

2. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
   1. Execution (in the judicial sense).

3. (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English d?aþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male ???????? (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics.
4. (the death) The collapse or end of something.
   • 1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand (page 90)

     He may even find himself being blamed if the project dies a quick and horrible death at the box office or is unceremoniously axed by the network.

   1. (figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).

5. (figuratively) Spiritual lifelessness.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:death

Derived terms

Pages starting with “death”.

Translations

See also

Further reading

• The Definition of Death - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Anagrams

• Theda, hated