Difference between Done and Finished

What is the difference between Done and Finished?

Done as a verb is (auxiliary) a syntactic marker. while Finished as a verb is to complete (something).

Done

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. Used in forming the perfective aspect.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Ready, fully cooked. In a state of having completed or finished an activity. Being exhausted or fully spent. Without hope or prospect of completion or success. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

Example sentence: Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Finished

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To complete (something).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Processed or perfected.Terminated; over; done for.

Example sentence: To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.

We hope you now know whether to use Done or Finished in your sentence.

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