Complete vs. Partial — What's the Difference?

Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire

Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete

(Botany) Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.

Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced

Having come to an end; concluded

Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone

Absolute; thorough

(Mathematics) Of or being operations or sequences of operations, such as differentiation and integration, when applied to only one of several variables at a time.

Accomplished; consummate

(Music) See harmonic.

(Football) Caught in bounds by a receiver

(Mathematics) A partial derivative.

To bring to a finish or an end

Existing as a part or portion; incomplete

To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts

(computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates

(Football) To throw (a forward pass) that is caught in bounds by a receiver.

Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

(followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something

(transitive) To make whole or entire.

(mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential

(poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.

(botany) subordinate

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

(mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.

Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

(music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.

Generic intensifier.

(dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth

In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.

(forensics) An incomplete fingerprint

In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.

A fragment of a template containing markup.

In which all small limits exist.

(bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.

In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.

To take the partial regression coefficient.

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).

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; biased; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.

Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.

Having a predilection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.

Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.

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.

The derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant

Come or bring to a finish or an end;

A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

Bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements;

Being or affecting only a part; not total;

Complete or carry out;

Showing favoritism

Complete a pass

(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for;

Write all the required information onto a form;

Having every necessary or normal part or component or step;

Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities;

Having all four whorls or principal parts--sepals and petals and stamens and carpels (or pistils);

Highly skilled;

Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

Having come or been brought to a conclusion;