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Execution vs Completion - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between execution and completion

is that execution is the act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances) while completion is the act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.

execution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
  • *
  • The state of being executed (accomplished).
  • The battle plan was successfully executed .
  • The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
  • (legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
  • (legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
  • (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
  • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker .
    Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.

    Derived terms

    * execution style * posthumous execution

    Hyponyms

    * (penalty of death) crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection

    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