Ending and Pause

Ending

Ending noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Usage example: the best part about any dental procedure is its ending

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Pause and ending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pause" instead a noun "Ending".

Nearby Words: end, ended

Pause noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

Usage example: there was a brief pause for applause in her speech

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Ending and pause are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ending" instead a noun "Pause".

Nearby Words: paused, pausing

good	good ending	good pause
best	best ending	best pause
usual	usual ending	usual pause
proper	proper ending	proper pause
Other adjectives: serious, new, major, dramatic, extra, strange, last, different.

There is a wonderful pause before the ending where the viewer wonders whether it's really going to happen...

Source: Bolivian Army Ending
And if there's a commercial break coming up, they'll often keep the dramatic pause up to end on a Cliffhanger, then start a new dramatic pause on the return and have even made answering the question an episode-ending Cliffhanger, though.

Source: Dramatic Pause
Sometimes these are put in as a deliberate pause or fake ending first and a piece of entertainment second, in which case they work similarly to Stop and Go or a Fake-Out Fade-Out.

Source: Mid Vid Skit

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