Complete vs. Entire — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Complete and Entire
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Complete
Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire
A complete medical history.
A complete set of dishes.
Entire
Having no part excluded or left out; whole
I read the entire book.
Complete
(Botany) Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.
Entire
Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration
We spent the entire day at the beach.
Complete
Having come to an end; concluded
The renovation of the kitchen is complete.
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Entire
Not broken, decayed, or divided; intact
An old building with its roof entire.
Complete
Absolute; thorough
Complete control.
A complete mystery.
Entire
With no reservations or limitations; complete
Gave us his entire attention.
Complete
Accomplished; consummate
A complete musician.
Entire
Not castrated.
Complete
(Football) Caught in bounds by a receiver
A complete pass.
Entire
(Botany) Not having an indented margin
An entire leaf.
Complete
To bring to a finish or an end
She has completed her studies.
Entire
(Archaic) Unmixed or unalloyed; pure or homogenous.
Complete
To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts
A second child would complete their family. Fill in the blanks to complete the form.
Entire
The whole; the entirety.
Complete
(Football) To throw (a forward pass) that is caught in bounds by a receiver.
Entire
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
Complete
(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
He completed the assignment on time.
Entire
Whole; complete.
We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
Complete
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
The last chapter completes the book nicely.
Entire
(botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
Complete
(poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
Entire
(botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
Complete
With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
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.
Entire
Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
Complete
Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin.
Entire
Not gelded.
Complete
Generic intensifier.
He is a complete bastard!
It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep.
Our vacation was a complete disaster.
Entire
Morally whole; pure; sheer.
Complete
In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
Entire
Internal; interior.
Complete
In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
Entire
The whole of something; the entirety.
Complete
In which all small limits exist.
Entire
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
Complete
In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.
Entire
(philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
Complete
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).
Entire
Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.
Complete
Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
Ye are complete in him.
That thou, dead corse, again in complete steelRevisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon.
Entire
Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
With strength entire and free will armed.
One entire and perfect chrysolite.
Complete
Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.
This course of vanity almost complete.
Entire
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and entire cowardice.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
Complete
Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.
Entire
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
Complete
To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.
Bred only and completed to the tasteOf lustful appetence.
And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate.
Entire
Not gelded; - said of a horse.
Complete
Come or bring to a finish or an end;
He finished the dishes
She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree
The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours
Entire
Internal; interior.
Complete
Bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements;
A child would complete the family
Entire
Entirely.
Complete
Complete or carry out;
Discharge one's duties
Entire
A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.
Complete
Complete a pass
Entire
Uncastrated adult male horse
Complete
Write all the required information onto a form;
Fill out this questionnaire, please!
Make out a form
Entire
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
An entire town devastated by an earthquake
Gave full attention
A total failure
Complete
Having every necessary or normal part or component or step;
A complete meal
A complete wardrobe
A complete set pf the Britannica
A complete set of china
A complete defeat
A complete accounting
An incomplete flower
Entire
Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged;
A local motion keepeth bodies integral
Was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime
Fought to keep the union intact
Complete
Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities;
A complete gentleman
Consummate happiness
A consummate performance
Entire
(of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
Complete
Having all four whorls or principal parts--sepals and petals and stamens and carpels (or pistils);
Complete flowers
Entire
(used of domestic animals) sexually competent;
An entire horse
Complete
Highly skilled;
An accomplished pianist
A complete musician
Complete
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
A perfect idiot
Pure folly
What a sodding mess
Stark staring mad
A thoroughgoing villain
Utter nonsense
Complete
Having come or been brought to a conclusion;
The harvesting was complete
The affair is over, ended, finished
The abruptly terminated interview
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