Accomplished vs Consummated - What's the difference?
accomplished | consummated |
Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact
Complete in acquirements usually as a result of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished' scholar, an ' accomplished villain
* They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. - Holland
* Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. -
Sophisticated
(accomplish)
(consummate)
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
* Addison
* 1900 , ",
* 1880 , ,
highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified
* a consummate sergeant
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To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
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To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch
To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
* 1890 , Giovanni Boccacio, translated by James MacMullen Rigg, ,
To become perfected, receive the finishing touch
As verbs the difference between accomplished and consummated
is that accomplished is (accomplish) while consummated is (consummate).As an adjective accomplished
is completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.accomplished
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)consummated
English
Verb
(head)consummate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A man of perfect and consummate virtue.
- Belinda Bellonia Bunting//Behaved like a consummate loon
- The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, ; thus it is in his power to control success.
Synonyms
* (complete) absolute, complete, perfect, sheer, total, utterDerived terms
* consummatelyVerb
(consummat)- After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.
