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Finality vs Finitude - What's the difference?

finality | finitude |

As nouns the difference between finality and finitude

is that finality is the state of "being final"; the condition from which no further changes occur while finitude is the state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.

finality

English

Noun

(finalities)
  • The state of "being final"; the condition from which no further changes occur
  • : The finality of my father's death suddenly hit me; there would be no more bedtime stories, no more games of catch in the back yard.

    • finitude

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.

    • Usage notes

    Finitude is rather formal and used in philosophy, while (finiteness) is used in mathematics; however, (infinitude) is used in mathematics more than (infiniteness). Less formal is to reword to use (limited): “(the fact that) life is limited” rather than “the finitude of life”.

    Synonyms

    * finiteness, finity, limitedness

    Antonyms

    * infiniteness, infinitude, infinity, limitlessness, unlimitedness

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "finitude")

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