Complete or Completed [duplicate]

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Should I say “Your order is now complete” or “Your order is now completed”?

What is better, "complete" or "completed"?

I want to know which sounds the most encouraging. Which of these two promotes more of an elation or satisfaction of accomplishment.

Personally I'm leaning towards "completed" as the "d" suffix bring a more substantial and abrupt ending, which to me more clearly signifies the significance of the accomplished item.

Solution 1:

Complete, unlike completed, implies something whole or full. Completed means finished, accomplished, or done.

A lot of the meaning overlaps, but I think completed gives a better sense of accomplishment, though it really depends on how you're using it.

Solution 2:

"Complete" indicates a thing that has been finished. "Completed" is a past-tense verb form, and while by itself means much the same thing as "complete", it has the additional implication of something that has been finished, and as a consequence, the word has additional implications of the process that completed the thing. I would go with "completed".