The difference between Complete and Done

When used as adjectives, complete means with all parts included, whereas done means ready, fully cooked.


Complete is also noun with the meaning: a completed .

Complete is also verb with the meaning: to finish.

check bellow for the other definitions of Complete and Done

  1. Complete as a verb (transitive):

    To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

    Examples:

    "He completed the assignment on time."

  2. Complete as a verb (transitive):

    To make whole or entire.

    Examples:

    "The last chapter completes the book nicely."

  1. Complete as an adjective:

    With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

    Examples:

    "My life will be complete once I buy this new television."

    "She offered me complete control of the project."

    "After she found the rook, the chess set was complete."

  2. Complete as an adjective:

    Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

    Examples:

    "When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin."

  3. Complete as an adjective:

    .

    Examples:

    "He is a complete bastard!"

    "It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep."

    "Our vacation was a complete disaster."

  4. Complete as an adjective (analysis, of a [[metric space]]):

    In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.

  5. Complete as an adjective (algebra, of a [[lattice]]):

    In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.

  6. Complete as an adjective (math, of a [[category]]):

    In which all small limits exist.

  7. Complete as an adjective (logic, of a proof system of a [[formal system]] with respect to a given [[semantics]]):

    In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.

  8. Complete as an adjective (computing theory, of a [[problem]]):

    That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space).

  1. Complete as a noun:

    A completed .

  1. Done as an adjective (of food):

    Ready, fully cooked.

    Examples:

    "As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat."

  2. Done as an adjective:

    Having completed or finished an activity.

    Examples:

    "He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."

    "They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived."

  3. Done as an adjective:

    Being exhausted or fully spent.

    Examples:

    "When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days."

  4. Done as an adjective:

    Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

    Examples:

    "He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish."

  5. Done as an adjective:

    Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

    Examples:

    "I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!"

    "What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!"

  1. Done as a verb:

    Examples:

    "I have ''done'' my work."

  2. Done as a verb (African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a [[past tense]]):

    Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.

    Examples:

    "I done did my best to raise y'all."

    "I woke up and found out she done left."

  3. Done as a verb (obsolete):

    plural simple present form of

  1. Done as a noun (colloquial, slang):

    Examples:

    "on the done"