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Completion vs Compliment - What's the difference?

completion | compliment |

As nouns the difference between completion and compliment

is that completion is the act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment while compliment is an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.

As a verb compliment is

(ambitransitive) to pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).

completion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}
  • (label) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
  • (label) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
  • (label) The space resulting from such an act.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being complete) completeness

    Antonyms

    * (state of being or making complete) incompletion * termination

    compliment

    English

    (wikipedia compliment)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) complire, from (etyl) complere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.
  • * Milton
    • Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear / So many hollow compliments and lies.
  • * Cowper
    • many a compliment politely penned
  • (uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
  • *
    • This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment , but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Antonyms
    *insult
    Derived terms
    * backhanded compliment * left-handed compliment * with compliments

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) complimento'' (etyl) ''cumplimiento'', from ''cumplir'', from ''complire'', from (etyl) ''complere .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
  • * Prior
    • Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; / Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.
    • Antonyms
    *insult