The difference between Consummate and Round off

When used as verbs, consummate means to bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion, whereas round off means to change the shape of (an object) to make it more circular.

Consummate is also adjective with the meaning: complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

check bellow for the other definitions of Consummate and Round off

  1. Consummate as an adjective:

    Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

  2. Consummate as an adjective:

    Highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified.

  1. Consummate as a verb (transitive):

    To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.

  2. Consummate as a verb (transitive):

    To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.

  3. Consummate as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage."

  4. Consummate as a verb (intransitive):

    To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.

  1. Round off as a verb:

    To change the shape of (an object) to make it more circular.

  2. Round off as a verb (mathematics):

    To change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits.

    Examples:

    "'Round off 15.4 to 15, round off 15.51 to 15.5 or to 16, round off 0.499 to 0, and round off 970,000 to 1 million."

    "This product contains no PCBs" is a typical commercial distortion if it actually contains 0.498 of the measurement unit, rounded off to "0"

  3. Round off as a verb:

    To complete or finish something.

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