Extermination vs. Termination

Extermination vs. Termination — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Extermination and Termination

Exterminationnoun

The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication

the total extermination of a peopleextermination of error or viceextermination of weeds from a field

Terminationnoun

The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

Exterminationnoun

Elimination.

Terminationnoun

The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.

Exterminationnoun

complete annihilation;

they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs

Terminationnoun

An end in time; a conclusion.

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Exterminationnoun

the act of exterminating

Terminationnoun

An end in space; an edge or limit.

Terminationnoun

An outcome or result.

Terminationnoun

The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.

Terminationnoun

(medical) An induced abortion.

Terminationnoun

A word, a term.

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Terminationnoun

The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

Terminationnoun

a coming to an end of a contract period;

the expiry of his driver's license

Terminationnoun

a place where something ends or is complete

Terminationnoun

something that results;

he listened for the results on the radio

Terminationnoun

the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme);

I don't like words that have -ism as an ending

Terminationnoun

the act of ending something;

the termination of the agreement