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Completed vs Processed - What's the difference?

completed | processed |

As verbs the difference between completed and processed

is that completed is past tense of complete while processed is past tense of process.

As adjectives the difference between completed and processed

is that completed is finished while processed is that has completed a required process.

completed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (complete)
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  • :: 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
  • processed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has completed a required process.
  • The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.
    The bank returned her processed application by mail.
  • Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
  • Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.

    Synonyms

    * (modified through manufacture ): refined, manufactured

    Antonyms

    * unprocessed * (modified through manufacture ): natural

    Derived terms

    * processed foods

    Verb

    (head)
  • (process)