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Consider a task (a computer science term), which can have three states:
What word would be more correct for third state: "complete" or "completed"?
UPD: this word will be used as a table cell value in a column named "state".
Complete is kind of a tricky word to describe a task, because that word implies that a task can reach a pre-defined end state that meets certain conditions or criteria. But in programming, a task is usually much simpler than that. A task doesn't usually have any end state beyond that it ran OK or didn't run OK. And so I think completed -- just meaning "finished" or "done" -- is a better term to describe a task that is done running.
Complete:
fully constituted of all of its parts or steps, fully carried out, or thorough.
Completed:
to bring to an end or a perfected status.
Therefore, something is complete, or something has been or was completed.
However, in a lot of cases, you can use either.
In your case, I would use completed, to be consistent with the other terms you used (queued, started, finished...), and it sounds better as a standalone word for a state or attribute.
I work in a Software company and the terms we use the most to notify the completion of an ongoing process or task would be:
- Completed
- Closed
- Terminated (Used most often for a bug issue or a problem)
- Ended/ Concluded (very vague)
Out of which, the most used terms are 'Completed' and 'Closed'. For a technical process or a task, we use 'closed' more commonly.
I would use completed in a verbal structure, and complete as an adjective. Here's a dumb example:
The task has been completed, it is now complete.
I can't guarantee you this is the right way to use them though, hoping for some feedback.
In the context, they both are quite similar in meaning. However, the adjective "complete" refers to a state of completeness, whereas passive form of the verb "to complete" suggests a finished action/process. Since the state of the task is a finished/completed process, I would, too, use "completed".
I think it should be 'completed'. Just like 'finished'.
Complete is a state of being; there is nothing that can be added or changed. Whereas completed is an act of completion - the task that was set has now been fulfilled. For example "The Bible is complete and has been completed".
