Finish vs Graduate - What's the difference?
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an end: the end of anything
a protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces
the result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth
(label) a shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal
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, date=September 2
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Bulgaria 0-3 England
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(label) to complete (something)
(label) to apply a treatment to (a surface or similar)
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(label) to change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal
(label) to come to an end
(senseid) A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
(US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
graduated, arranged by degrees
holding an academic degree
relating to an academic degree
(ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. See note on “from” usage.
To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
To change gradually.
To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
* Browne
(chemistry) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
In transitive terms the difference between finish and graduate
is that finish is to change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal while graduate is to mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.In intransitive terms the difference between finish and graduate
is that finish is to come to an end while graduate is to change gradually.As an adjective graduate is
graduated, arranged by degrees.finish
English
Noun
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Verb
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the (-ing) form). SeeDerived terms
* nice guys finish lastAntonyms
* (to complete) initiate, begin, startgraduate
English
(wikipedia graduate)Noun
(en noun)- If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives .
Antonyms
* (person recognized for having finished studies) student, drop-outCoordinate terms
* (person recognized by school) (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(graduat)- The man graduated in 1967.
- Trisha graduated from college.
- Trisha graduated college.
- Indiana University graduated the student.
- The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
- sandstone which graduates''' into gneiss; carnelian sometimes '''graduates into quartz
- to graduate the heat of an oven
- Dyers advance and graduate their colours with salts.