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Incompletion vs Unfinished - What's the difference?

incompletion | unfinished |

As a noun incompletion

is (uncountable) the state or quality of not being complete.

As an adjective unfinished is

not finished, not completed.

incompletion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of not being complete
  • (countable) Something which is not completed
  • (countable, American football) A forward pass which is not caught inbounds by the intended receiver
    • Their strong defense forced three incompletions from the other team.

    Synonyms

    *(not complete ): incompleteness

    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