Finished vs. Graduated — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Finished and Graduated
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Finished
Brought to a state of completion
A finished novel.
Graduated
To be granted an academic degree or diploma
Most of the entering freshmen stayed to graduate.
Finished
In a state of having completed something
The cook is finished preparing the meal.
Graduated
To change gradually or by degrees
"The most weighty of all the arguments against treating the races of man as distinct species, is that they graduate into each other" (Charles Darwin).
Finished
Exhibiting a high degree of skill or refinement
An essay that was a finished piece of work.
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Graduated
To advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity
After a month of diving instruction, they all graduated to back flips.
Finished
Highly accomplished or skilled; polished
A finished artist.
Graduated
To grant an academic degree or diploma to
The school has graduated many gifted chemists.
Finished
Doomed to death or destruction
If the explorers don't get more supplies, they are finished.
Graduated
Usage Problem To receive an academic degree from
How many chemists graduated the Institute last year?.
Finished
Having no more use, value, or potential; washed-up
With that injury, he's finished as a pitcher.
Graduated
To arrange or divide into categories, steps, or grades
Graduate an income tax.
Finished
(comparable) Processed or perfected.
He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance.
Graduated
To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement
Graduate a thermometer.
Finished
Completed; concluded; done.
I won't be finished until just before lunch.
The program was finally finished after three hours.
He wasn't finished cleaning up until nearly noon.
He wasn't quite finished with his assignment.
Graduated
One who has received an academic degree or diploma.
Finished
Done for; doomed; used up.
Graduated
A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.
Finished
Simple past tense and past participle of finish
He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.
Graduated
Possessing an academic degree or diploma.
Finished
Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.
Graduated
Of, intended for, or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate courses.
Finished
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state;
A finished product
Graduated
Simple past tense and past participle of graduate
Finished
Ended or brought to an end;
Are you finished?
Gave me the finished manuscript
The manuscript is finished
Almost finished with his studies
Graduated
(obsolete) In steps.
Finished
(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected;
A dazzling and finished piece of writing
A finished violinist
Graduated
Having a university degree; having completed training.
Finished
Having a surface coating or finish applied;
The finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones
Graduated
Marked with graduations.
Finished
Brought to ruin;
After the revolution the aristocracy was finished
The unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically
Graduated
Arranged by grade, level, degree.
Graduated
(taxation) Increasing in rate with the taxable base.
Graduated
(ornithology) Of a tail, having successively longer feathers towards the middle.
Graduated
Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.
Graduated
Tapered; - said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.
Graduated
Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; - of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See graduated cylinder, etc., below.
Graduated
Increasing as the amount taxed increases
Graduated
Marked with or divided into degrees;
A calibrated thermometer
Graduated
Decreasing as the amount taxed increases
Graduated
Slowly and smoothly
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