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Finished vs Gone - What's the difference?

finished | gone |

As adjectives the difference between finished and gone

is that finished is (label) processed or perfected while gone is away, having left.

As verbs the difference between finished and gone

is that finished is (finish) while gone is .

As a preposition gone is

(british|informal) past, after, later than (a time).

finished

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (label) Processed or perfected.
  • Completed; concluded; done.
  • Done for; doomed; used up.
  • Synonyms

    * in the books

    Antonyms

    * unfinished

    Derived terms

    * finished product

    Verb

    (head)
  • (finish)
  • He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.

    Anagrams

    * fiendish

    gone

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ywent (obsolete verb form)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * goner

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Away, having left.
  • Are they gone already?
  • (figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
  • Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone .
    He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone .
    Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone .
  • No longer existing, having passed.
  • The days of my youth are gone .
  • Used up.
  • I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
  • Dead.
  • (colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings
  • Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone .
  • (colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
  • (archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 491:
  • Six nights gone , your brother fell upon my uncle Stafford, encamped with his host at a village called Oxcross not three days ride from Casterly Rock.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (British, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
  • You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.

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