The difference between Complete and Initiate

When used as nouns, complete means a completed , whereas initiate means a new member of an organization.

When used as verbs, complete means to finish, whereas initiate means to begin.

When used as adjectives, complete means with all parts included, whereas initiate means unpractised.


check bellow for the other definitions of Complete and Initiate

  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. Initiate as an adjective (obsolete):

    Unpractised; untried; new.

  2. Initiate as an adjective (obsolete):

    Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

  1. Initiate as a noun:

    A new member of an organization.

  2. Initiate as a noun:

    One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

  1. Initiate as a verb (transitive):

    To begin; to start.

  2. Initiate as a verb:

    To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

  3. Initiate as a verb:

    To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.

  4. Initiate as a verb (intransitive):

    To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

    Examples:

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