Finished vs Gone - What's the difference?
finished | gone |
(label) Processed or perfected.
Completed; concluded; done.
Done for; doomed; used up.
(finish)
Away, having left.
(figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
No longer existing, having passed.
Used up.
Dead.
(colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings
(colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
(archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 491:
(British, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
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)Synonyms
* in the booksAntonyms
* unfinishedDerived terms
* finished productVerb
(head)- He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.
Anagrams
* fiendishgone
English
Alternative forms
* ywent (obsolete verb form)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* gonerAdjective
(-)- Are they gone already?
- 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 .
- The days of my youth are gone .
- I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
- Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone .
- 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)- You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.