End and Tend

End

End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.

Tend and end are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "End".

Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

Tend

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

End and tend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "End" instead a verb "Tend".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

life end life tend life
conflict end conflict tend conflict
effect end effect tend effect
way end way tend way

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / The Booth at the End Similarly, those people with more selfish or greedy desires tend to end up with what they want... but rarely are very happy in the end, while those with desire more based around personal growth tend to be both be happy and get what they want.
  • Video Game / Blood Enemies tend to get frozen at the end of an attack/flinch animation if they can't see or get to the player by the end of it, instead of going idle or prowling the level.
  • Most of Angrybirds' fictions' campaigns tend to end like this, with him on the dealing end of the equation.
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