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Incomplete vs Inconclusive - What's the difference?

incomplete | inconclusive | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between incomplete and inconclusive

is that incomplete is not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective while inconclusive is not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.

As a noun incomplete

is something incomplete.

incomplete

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
  • (botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

    • Related terms

    * incompletely * incompletion

    Synonyms

    * (not complete) unwhole, underdone, unfinished

    Antonyms

    * complete

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something incomplete.
  • # (Internet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
  • # (Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
  • A designation of being incomplete.
    • He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
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    inconclusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive .}}