Difference between Terminal and Last

What is the difference between Terminal and Last?

Terminal as an adjective is fatal, resulting in death. while Last as an adjective is final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Terminal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Fatal, resulting in death. Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City. In electronics, the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus. An electric contact on a battery. In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device. In the context of computer hardware, a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display. A computer program that emulates a terminal (6). A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

Example sentence: Try to know where the best ice cream is in any given airport terminal.

Last

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: after everything else; finally

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.Most recent, latest, last so far.Least preferable.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To perform, carry out.To endure, continue over time.To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoesAn old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing 12 sacks or 2184 pounds.An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.

Example sentence: We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

We hope you now know whether to use Terminal or Last in your sentence.

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