End point or endpoint?
end point is a noun meaning “Alternative form of endpoint”; endpoint is a noun meaning “Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment”. end point is written as two words and endpoint as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between end point and endpoint?
| end point | endpoint | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Alternative form of endpoint | Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment The point in speech at which an utterance ends To detect the endpoint of an utterance |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | endpoints |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: end point and endpoint in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of end point and endpoint
end point
- 1
Alternative form of endpoint
endpoint
- 1
Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment
- 2
To detect the endpoint of an utterance
- 3
The point in speech at which an utterance ends
- 4
To determine an endpoint in a titration process
- 5
A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study
- 6
The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added
- 7
The entity at one end of a connection
- 8
Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, end point or endpoint?
end point is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; endpoint about once in every 1 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).