End
End noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Usage example: Henry Hudson and eight others were set adrift in the bay in a small boat, and how they met their end is unknown
Passing is a synonym for end in death topic. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead a noun "End", when it comes to topics like demise.
Passing
Passing noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Usage example: the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside
End is a synonym for passing in death topic. You can use "End" instead the word "Passing" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as demise.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| short | short end | short passing |
| true | true end | true passing |
| actual | actual end | actual passing |
| extreme | extreme end | extreme passing |
| Other adjectives: untimely, unfortunate, tragic, ultimate, early, definitive, inevitable, last, different, sudden. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In Hellboy, it's mentioned in passing that World War II was simply the public front of the Occult War, which only came to an end with Adolf Hitler's real death in 1958.
Source: Secret War -
Time Skip: A small one at the end of the first season, with two weeks passing between Rene's death and the discovery of Miss Jeannette's body.
Source: Series / True Blood -
Rather than risk passing out and bleeding to death he just cuts off the end of the arrow, leaving the rest in his chest.
Source: Film / House of Wax (2005)
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