different between attainment vs completion

English

Etymology

From attain +? -ment; compare Old French ataignement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??te?nm?nt/

Noun

attainment (countable and uncountable, plural attainments)

1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
2. That which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement.

Translations

References

• attainment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pli???n/
• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

completion (plural completions)

1. The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
2. (law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
3. (American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
4. (mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
5. (mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.

Synonyms

• (state of being complete): completeness, doneness; see also Thesaurus:completion

Antonyms

• (state of being or making complete): incompletion, unfinishedness; see also Thesaurus:incompletion
• (making complete; accomplishment): termination

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• code-completion

Related terms

Translations

References

• completion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia