Difference between Finish and Complete

What is the difference between Finish and Complete?

Finish as a verb is to complete (something). while Complete as a verb is to finish; to make done; to reach the end.

Finish

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The end of anything. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. A score similar to a touchdown in the game of scuffleball, worth four points. (of textiles) The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To complete (something). To apply a treatment to (a surface, etc). To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal. To come to an end.

Example sentence: Worry and reasoning are two of Satan's most successful tools. He'll get us started with one negative thought and then sit back and watch us finish ourselves off.

Complete

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: With everything included.Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.in which every Cauchy sequence convergesin which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To finish; to make done; to reach the end.To make whole or entire.

Example sentence: There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

We hope you now know whether to use Finish or Complete in your sentence.

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