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
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Complete as a verb (transitive):
To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
Examples:
"He completed the assignment on time."
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Complete as a verb (transitive):
To make whole or entire.
Examples:
"The last chapter completes the book nicely."
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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."
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Complete as an adjective:
Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
Examples:
"When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin."
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Complete as an adjective:
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Examples:
"He is a complete bastard!"
"It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep."
"Our vacation was a complete disaster."
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Complete as an adjective (analysis, of a [[metric space]]):
In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
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Complete as an adjective (algebra, of a [[lattice]]):
In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
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Complete as an adjective (math, of a [[category]]):
In which all small limits exist.
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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.
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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).
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Complete as a noun:
A completed .
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Entire as an adjective (sometimes, _, postpositive):
Whole; complete.
Examples:
"We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening."
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Entire as an adjective (botany):
Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
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Entire as an adjective (botany):
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
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Entire as an adjective (complex analysis, of a [[complex]] [[function]]):
Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
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Entire as an adjective (of a, [[male]] [[animal]]):
Not gelded.
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Entire as an adjective:
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
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Entire as an adjective:
Internal; interior.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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Entire as a noun (now, rare):
The whole of something; the entirety.
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Entire as a noun:
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
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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.
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Entire as a noun:
Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.