Surcease vs Finishing - What's the difference?
surcease | finishing |
cessation; stop; end
* Longfellow
* Francis Bacon
* 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 217:
* 1845 , Edgar Allan Poe, "(The Raven)"
To come to an end; to desist.
To bring to an end.
* Spenser
* Dryden
the act of completing something
(soccer) shooting ability
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 May 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/15/benfica-chelsea-europa-league]
The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.
As nouns the difference between surcease and finishing
is that surcease is cessation; stop; end while finishing is the act of completing something.As verbs the difference between surcease and finishing
is that surcease is to come to an end; to desist while finishing is .surcease
English
Noun
(-)- Not desire, but its surcease .
- It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writing.
- For the individual who wishes to live in his time, to be a part of the future, the super-industrial revolution offers no surcease from change.
- Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore —
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.
Verb
- The waves their range surceast .
- The nations, overawed, surceased the fight.
finishing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing
- Benítez's team had been subjected to some intense pressure and will be grateful that Benfica's finishing was not as refined as their buildup play. Jorge Jesus's side pinned them back at times but they were guilty of being too elaborate in front of goal.