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Attempted vs Completed - What's the difference?

attempted | completed |

As adjectives the difference between attempted and completed

is that attempted is tried, with the connotation of failure while completed is finished.

As verbs the difference between attempted and completed

is that attempted is (attempt) while completed is (complete).

attempted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tried, with the connotation of failure.
    • She is facing jail time for attempted -robbery.

    Derived terms

    * attempted murder * attempted suicide

    Verb

    (head)
  • (attempt)

    • completed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complete)
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • :: He completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree at the University of New South Wales in 1958 and went on to the Victoria University of Manchester where his studies on the fungal pigment phomazarin led to the award of a Ph.D. in 1963 under the supervision of (the late) Professor Arthur J. Birch.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • finished