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complete vs finish

Both 'complete' and 'finish' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Complete' is used to indicate that something is done or finished in its entirety, while 'finish' is used to indicate the final stage of completing something.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 986 views

complete

The word 'complete' is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something is done or finished in its entirety.

Use 'complete' when you want to convey that something has been finished or done in its entirety.

Examples:

Please complete the form before submitting it.
The project is almost complete.
The puzzle is complete.
The team worked together to complete the task.
She completed her studies last year.

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Open fire when stabilizer syncro is complete.
My internship was a complete failure.
Only he possesses complete dominance over himself.
We believe that complete transparency for farmers is essential.
This Parliament anxiously awaits this complete reform programme.
And your team is now complete.
So this letter arriving today was a complete shock.
93% of allogeneic patients showed complete chimerism.
Another plaintiff is a complete game changer.
Our members pay for complete discretion.
Our deal actually isn't complete.
Last weekend was a complete disaster.
They respond to my complaints by complete silence.
My clearance allows complete access to the archives.
That your training was almost complete.
Hold eyelids open to ensure complete contact with water.
Which was followed by your complete breakdown.
Cortical nerve clusters show complete inactivity.
A complete layout of your upstairs office.
Both our peoples are threatened with complete annihilation.

Alternatives:

finish up
conclude
accomplish
fulfill
finalize

finish

The word 'finish' is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the final stage of completing something.

Use 'finish' when you want to convey the final stage of completing something or reaching the end of a task.

Examples:

Let's finish this project by the end of the week.
He finished his meal and left the restaurant.
The marathon runners are about to finish the race.
I need to finish writing this report before the deadline.
She finished her homework before going to bed.

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Let my team finish what they started.
Let the other killer finish what we started.
Darby couldn't finish the job.
You said we should finish talking.
Here, finish this trap for moles.
Now let water finish what ice has begun.
Roscoe, go-go finish your project.
Ralph Angel, finish saying grace.
To help Bendix finish what I started.
Nice bonus when I finish by September.
Thank you.Let me finish this box.
When we finish this exhibition tour...
So we can finish what we started.
So you better finish your breakfast.
Come on.Please let me finish this.
And I can't finish this.
Unless you help finish his story.
I must finish evaluating these donated volumes.
The kind who finish each others...
Now finish your juju before somebody else dies.

Alternatives:

complete
wrap up
end
finalize
conclude

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