Culminate vs. Conclude

Culminate vs. Conclude — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Culminate and Conclude

Culminateverb

Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.

Concludeverb

(intransitive) To end; to come to an end.

The story concluded with a moral.

Culminateverb

To reach the (physical) summit, highest point, peak etc.

Concludeverb

(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

Culminateverb

To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion).

Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.The class will culminate with a rigorous examination.

Concludeverb

(transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

to conclude a bargain
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Culminateverb

(transitive) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.

Concludeverb

(transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.

Culminateadjective

(anatomy) Relating to the culmen

Concludeverb

(obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

Culminateverb

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;

The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace

Concludeverb

To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.

The defendant is concluded by his own plea.A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.
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Culminateverb

bring to a head or to the highest point;

Seurat culminated pointillism

Concludeverb

(obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.

Culminateverb

reach the highest or most decisive point

Concludeverb

(obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.

Culminateverb

of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian

Concludeverb

(logic) to deduce, to infer develop a causal relation

Culminateverb

rise to, or form, a summit;

The helmet culminated in a crest

Concludeverb

decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion;

We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house

Concludeverb

bring to a close;

The committee concluded the meeting

Concludeverb

reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Concludeverb

come to a close;

The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin

Concludeverb

reach agreement on;

They concluded an economic agreementWe concluded a cease-fire