End and Maturing

End

End noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Maturing is an antonym for end.

Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

Maturing

Maturing noun - The process of becoming mature.
Usage example: the maturing of young horses can take several years

End is an antonym for maturing.

Nearby Words: mature, maturity, matured, maturation

Both words in one sentence

  • The Ingenue Maturing into a grown woman is a plot point and she's a business woman by the end; the childlike innocent helps her connect with like minded children seen in the epilogue.
    Source: The Ingenue
  • The Inmost Light trilogy deals with maturing from childhood and adulthood and losing the senses of innocence and wonder in the process, portraying such loss as though it were the end of the world.
  • Film / The Host Expository Hairstyle Change: Gang-du's blond highlights are gone by the end of the film and so is the scruffy hairstyle, as a sign of his maturing responsibility as a parent.
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