Finished vs Consummated - What's the difference?
finished | consummated | Synonyms |
(label) Processed or perfected.
Completed; concluded; done.
Done for; doomed; used up.
(finish)
(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 finished and consummated
is that finished is past tense of finish while consummated is past tense of consummate.As an adjective finished
is processed or perfected.finished
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* in the booksAntonyms
* unfinishedDerived terms
* finished productVerb
(head)- He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.
Anagrams
* fiendishconsummated
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.
