end

intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, end, object, objective, goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain.

intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about.

intent suggests clearer formulation or greater deliberateness.

purpose suggests a more settled determination.

design implies a more carefully calculated plan.

aim adds to these implications of effort directed toward attaining or accomplishing.

end stresses the intended effect of action often in distinction or contrast to the action or means as such.

object may equal end but more often applies to a more individually determined wish or need.

objective implies something tangible and immediately attainable.

goal suggests something attained only by prolonged effort and hardship.

close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit.

close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished.

end conveys a strong sense of finality.

conclude may imply a formal closing (as of a meeting).

finish may stress completion of a final step in a process.

complete implies the removal of all deficiencies or a successful finishing of what has been undertaken.

terminate implies the setting of a limit in time or space.