The difference between Complete and Entire

When used as nouns, complete means a completed , whereas entire means the whole of something.

When used as adjectives, complete means with all parts included, whereas entire means whole.


Complete is also verb with the meaning: to finish.

check bellow for the other definitions of Complete and Entire

  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. Entire as an adjective (sometimes, _, postpositive):

    Whole; complete.

    Examples:

    "We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening."

  2. Entire as an adjective (botany):

    Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

  3. Entire as an adjective (botany):

    Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

  4. Entire as an adjective (complex analysis, of a [[complex]] [[function]]):

    Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.

  5. Entire as an adjective (of a, [[male]] [[animal]]):

    Not gelded.

  6. Entire as an adjective:

    Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.

  7. Entire as an adjective:

    Internal; interior.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

  1. Entire as a noun (now, rare):

    The whole of something; the entirety.

  2. Entire as a noun:

    An uncastrated horse; a stallion.

  3. Entire as a noun (philately):

    A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

  4. Entire as a noun:

    Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.