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Completion vs Finalize - What's the difference?

completion | finalize |

As a noun completion

is the act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.

As a verb finalize is

to make final or firm; to finish or complete.

completion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
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    • , 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

    finalize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) finalise

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make final or firm; to finish or complete.
    • As soon as we get the plane tickets, we'll finalize our reservations with the hotel.
  • (transitive, computing, programming) To prepare (an object) for garbage collection by calling its finalizer.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (of a document)

    Derived terms

    * finalizer * unfinalized