Attempted vs Consummated - What's the difference?
attempted | consummated |
Tried, with the connotation of failure.
(attempt)
(consummate)
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
* Addison
* 1900 , ",
* 1880 , ,
highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified
* a consummate sergeant
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To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
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To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch
To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
* 1890 , Giovanni Boccacio, translated by James MacMullen Rigg, ,
To become perfected, receive the finishing touch
As verbs the difference between attempted and consummated
is that attempted is (attempt) while consummated is (consummate).As an adjective attempted
is tried, with the connotation of failure.attempted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is facing jail time for attempted -robbery.
Derived terms
* attempted murder * attempted suicideVerb
(head)consummated
English
Verb
(head)consummate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A man of perfect and consummate virtue.
- Belinda Bellonia Bunting//Behaved like a consummate loon
- The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, ; thus it is in his power to control success.
Synonyms
* (complete) absolute, complete, perfect, sheer, total, utterDerived terms
* consummatelyVerb
(consummat)- After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.