End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Tend
Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Web Video / The Booth at the End -
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.
Source: Video Game / Blood - Most of Angrybirds' fictions' campaigns tend to end like this, with him on the dealing end of the equation.
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Tend and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/tend
End & Tend. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/tend>.
Tend or End. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/tend.
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