Difference between Dead-end and Inactive

Dead-end

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Going nowhere; blocked.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To come to a dead-end

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The end of a road, (or by extension), the end of any event.

Inactive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not active, temporarily or permanentlyNot functioning or operating; broken downRetired from duty or serviceRelatively inertShowing no optical activity in polarized light