End vs. Nod — What's the Difference?
Difference Between End and Nod
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End
Either extremity of something that has length
The end of the pier.
Nod
To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment.
End
The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary
The end of town.
Nod
To let the head fall forward when sleepy.
End
The point in time when an action, event, or phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion
The end of the day.
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Nod
To be careless or momentarily inattentive as if sleepy; lapse
Even Homer nods.
End
A result; an outcome.
Nod
To sway, move up and down, or droop, as flowers in the wind.
End
Something toward which one strives; a goal.
Nod
To lower and raise (the head) quickly in agreement or acknowledgment.
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End
The termination of life or existence; death
“A man awaits his end / Dreading and hoping all” (William Butler Yeats).
Nod
To express by lowering and raising the head
Nod one's agreement.
End
The ultimate extent; the very limit
The end of one's patience.
Nod
To summon, guide, or send by nodding the head
She nodded us into the room.
End
(Slang) The very best; the ultimate
This pizza's the end.
Nod
A forward or up-and-down movement of the head, usually expressive of drowsiness or agreement
A nod of affirmation.
End
A remainder; a remnant.
Nod
An indication of approval or assent
The contestant got the nod from the judges.
End
A share of a responsibility or obligation
Your end of the bargain.
Nod
(Informal) A nomination for an award.
End
A particular area of responsibility
In charge of the business end of the campaign.
Nod
(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
End
A warp end.
Nod
(ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
End
(Football) Either of the players in the outermost position on the line of scrimmage. Offensive ends are eligible to catch passes.
Nod
(ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
End
To bring to a conclusion
Let's end this discussion.
Nod
(intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
End
To form the last or concluding part of
The song that ended the performance.
Nod
(transitive) To signify by a nod.
They nodded their assent.
End
To destroy
Ended our hopes.
Nod
(intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
Even Homer nods.
End
To come to a finish; cease
The rain ended.
Nod
To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.
End
To arrive at a place, situation, or condition as a result of a course of action. Often used with up
He ended up as an adviser to the president. The painting ended up being sold for a million dollars.
Nod
To allude to something.
End
To die.
Nod
To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
End
The terminal point of something in space or time.
At the end of the road, turn left.
At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
Nod
An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
End
(by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Is there no end to this madness?
Nod
A reference or allusion to something.
End
(by extension) Death.
He met a terrible end in the jungle.
I hope the end comes quickly.
Nod
A nomination.
For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammy nod, she has yet to win the award.
End
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
Hold the string at both ends.
My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen.
Nod
(figurative) Approval.
The plan is expected to get the nod from councillors at the next meeting.
End
Result.
Nod
To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
End
A purpose, goal, or aim.
For what end should I toil?
The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship.
Nod
To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
End
(cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
The Pavillion End
Nod
To be careless or inattentive; to make a mistake from lack of attention.
Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.
End
(American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
Nod
To be drowsy or dull; to doze off, especially while in a sitting position; as, half the class nodded while the professor droned on.
End
(curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
Nod
To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.
End
(mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
Nod
To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
End
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
Odds and ends
Nod
To cause to bend.
By every wind that nods the mountain pine.
End
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Nod
A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.
Like a drunken sailor on a mast,Ready with every nod to tumble down.
End
Money.
Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!
Nod
A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command; as, a nod of approval.
A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss.
Nations obey my word and wait my nod.
End
To come to an end
Is this movie never going to end?
The lesson will end when the bell rings.
Nod
A sign of assent or salutation or command
End
(transitive) To finish, terminate.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Nod
The act of nodding the head
End
The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; - opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.
Nod
Express or signify by nodding;
He nodded his approval
End
Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
My guilt be on my head, and there an end.
O that a man might knowThe end of this day's business ere it come!
Nod
Lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation;
The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer
End
Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
Confound your hidden falsehood, and awardEither of you to be the other's end.
I shall see an end of him.
Nod
Let the head fall forward through drowsiness;
The old man was nodding in his chair
End
The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.
Losing her, the end of living lose.
When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
Nod
Sway gently back and forth, as is in a nodding motion;
The flowers were nodding in the breeze
End
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
I clothe my naked villainyWith old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Nod
Be almost asleep;
The old man sat nodding by the fireplace
End
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
End
To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
On the seventh day God ended his work.
End
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
End
To destroy; to put to death.
End
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.
End
Either extremity of something that has length;
The end of the pier
She knotted the end of the thread
They rode to the end of the line
End
The point in time at which something ends;
The end of the year
The ending of warranty period
The middle of the war
Rain during the middle of April
End
The concluding parts of an event or occurrence;
The end was exciting
I had to miss the last of the movie
End
The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it;
The ends justify the means
End
A final part or section;
We have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus
Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end
End
A final state;
He came to a bad end
The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
End
The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object;
One end of the box was marked `This side up'
End
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage;
The end managed to hold onto the pass
End
One of two places from which people are communicating to each other;
The phone rang at the other end
Both ends wrote at the same time
End
A boundary marking the extremities of something;
The end of town
End
The part you are expected to play;
He held up his end
End
The last section of a communication;
In conclusion I want to say...
End
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
End
A position on the line of scrimmage;
No one wanted to play end
End
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
End
Bring to an end or halt;
She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI
The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
The Iraqis began hostilities
Begin a new chapter in your life
End
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
This sad scene ended the movie
End
Put an end to;
The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived
