End and Means

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End

End noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: in this case the ends definitely do not justify the means
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Means is an antonym for end in topics: intention, death, extreme, completion, leftover part.
Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

Means

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
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Synonyms for Means
End is an antonym for means in way topic.
Nearby Words: mean, meaning
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How words are described

good good end good means
better better end better means
similar similar end similar means
normal normal end normal means
Other adjectives: natural, many, actual, real, violent, extreme, peaceful, possible, apparent, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Depends largely on if you believe Eternal Recurance was a means or an end.
    Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Nintendo
  • Comic Book / The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen As Moore clarified in later interviews, the League became less about telling sophisticated adventure stories and became more interested in Deconstruction as a means and an end.
    Source: Comic Book / The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • For the Evulz To them, evil is not a bad means to a good end or even a bad means to an evil end; to them, evil is the means and the end, their motivation and their justification.
    Source: For the Evulz
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