What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Completeness vs Incomplete - What's the difference?

completeness | incomplete |

As a noun completeness

is the state or condition of being complete.

As an adjective incomplete is

.

completeness

English

(wikipedia completeness)

Noun

(-)
  • the state or condition of being complete
  • (logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is valid then it must also be a theorem. Symbolically, letting T'' represent a theory within logic ''L'', this can be represented as the property that whenever T \vDash \phi is true, then T \vdash \phi must also be true, for any wff ''φ'' of logic ''L .
  • *
    • THEOREM 37°. (Gödel's completeness theorem 1930.) In the predicate calculus H'':
    (a) ''If'' \vDash F [''or even if'' \aleph_0-\vDash F], ''then'' \vdash F. ''If'' E_1, . . . , E_k \vDash F [''or even if'' E_1, . . . , E_k \ \aleph_0-\vDash F], ''then     E_1, . . . , E_k \vdash F.
    (b) [...]

    Synonyms

    *(state of being complete ): completion

    Antonyms

    * incompleteness

    incomplete

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
  • (botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

    • Related terms

    * incompletely * incompletion

    Synonyms

    * (not complete) unwhole, underdone, unfinished

    Antonyms

    * complete

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something incomplete.
  • # (Internet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
  • # (Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
  • A designation of being incomplete.
    • He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
    ----