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Incipient vs Unfinished - What's the difference?

incipient | unfinished | Related terms |

Incipient is a related term of unfinished.


As adjectives the difference between incipient and unfinished

is that incipient is in an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence while unfinished is not finished, not completed.

As a noun incipient

is (countable|obsolete) beginner.

incipient

English

Adjective

(-)
  • In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
    • After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
    Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.

    Synonyms

    * (beginning) beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent

    Noun

  • (countable, obsolete) beginner
  • (uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

    • Synonyms

    * (beginner) beginner, inceptor

    Related terms

    * inception * incipience * incipiency * incipiently * incipit ----

    unfinished

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not finished, not completed.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage=Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.}}

    Synonyms

    * incomplete

    Antonyms

    * finished