The difference between Conclude and Finish

When used as verbs, conclude means to end, whereas finish means to complete (something).

Finish is also noun with the meaning: an end.

check bellow for the other definitions of Conclude and Finish

  1. Conclude as a verb (intransitive):

    To end; to come to an end.

    Examples:

    "The story concluded with a moral."

  2. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

  3. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

    Examples:

    "to conclude a bargain"

  4. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

    Examples:

    "From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered."

  5. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

  6. Conclude as a verb:

    To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.

    Examples:

    "The defendant is concluded by his own plea."

    "A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence."

  7. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To shut up; to enclose.

  8. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.

  9. Conclude as a verb (logic):

    to deduce, to infer

  1. Finish as a noun:

    An end; the end of anything.

  2. Finish as a noun:

    A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.

    Examples:

    "The car's finish was so shiny and new."

  3. Finish as a noun:

    The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.

  4. Finish as a noun (sports):

    A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.

  1. Finish as a verb (transitive):

    To complete (something).

    Examples:

    "Please finish your homework!"

  2. Finish as a verb (transitive):

    To apply a treatment to .

    Examples:

    "The furniture was finished in teak veneer."

  3. Finish as a verb (transitive):

    To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.

    Examples:

    "Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age."

  4. Finish as a verb (intransitive):

    To come to an end.

    Examples:

    "The song has finished."

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