Finish vs. Complete
Finishnoun
An end; the end of anything.
Finishnoun
A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
Finishnoun
The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
Finishnoun
A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
Finishnoun
(sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
Finishverb
(transitive) To complete (something).
Finishverb
(transitive) To apply a treatment to a surface or similar.
Finishverb
(transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
Finishverb
(intransitive) To come to an end.
Finishverb
(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
Finishverb
To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
Finishverb
To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
Finishverb
To come to an end; to terminate.
Finishverb
To end; to die.
Finishnoun
That which finishes, puts an end to or perfects.
Finishnoun
The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
Finishnoun
The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
Finishnoun
The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.
Finishnoun
Completion; - opposed to start, or beginning.
Finishnoun
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance);
Finishnoun
designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race);
Finishnoun
the act of finishing;
Finishnoun
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey);
Finishnoun
the temporal end; the concluding time;
Finishnoun
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed);
Finishnoun
event whose occurrence ends something;
Finishnoun
the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict);
Finishnoun
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;
Finishverb
come or bring to a finish or an end;
Finishverb
finally be or do something;
Finishverb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
Finishverb
provide with a finish;
Finishverb
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;
Finishverb
cause to finish a relationship with somebody;
Completeverb
(transitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
Completeverb
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
Completeadjective
With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
Completeadjective
Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
Completeadjective
Generic intensifier.
Completeadjective
In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
Completeadjective
In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
Completeadjective
In which all small limits exist.
Completeadjective
In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.
Completeadjective
That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space).
Completeadjective
Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
Completeadjective
Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.
Completeadjective
Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.
Completeverb
To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.
Completeverb
come or bring to a finish or an end;
Completeverb
bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements;
Completeverb
complete or carry out;
Completeverb
complete a pass
Completeverb
write all the required information onto a form;
Completeadjective
having every necessary or normal part or component or step;
Completeadjective
perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities;
Completeadjective
having all four whorls or principal parts--sepals and petals and stamens and carpels (or pistils);
Completeadjective
highly skilled;
Completeadjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
Completeadjective
having come or been brought to a conclusion;
