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Finalized vs Completed - What's the difference?

finalized | completed |

As verbs the difference between finalized and completed

is that finalized is past tense of finalize while completed is past tense of complete.

As an adjective completed is

finished.

finalized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (finalize)

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (of a document)

    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

    completed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complete)
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • :: He completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree at the University of New South Wales in 1958 and went on to the Victoria University of Manchester where his studies on the fungal pigment phomazarin led to the award of a Ph.D. in 1963 under the supervision of (the late) Professor Arthur J. Birch.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • finished