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Incomplete vs Vestigial - What's the difference?

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Incomplete is a related term of vestigial.


As adjectives the difference between incomplete and vestigial

is that incomplete is while vestigial is of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.

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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    vestigial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
  • Not fully developed in mature animals.

    • Derived terms

    * vestigial structure

    Related terms

    * vestige