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As per title of the question, I see this a lot.
"We will release the product when issue 51 has been finalized."
"We are waiting for it to be finalized."
Is this just a case of people trying to sound professional with corporate jargon
, or is there a real difference between 'finish' and 'finalize'?
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As per title of the question, I see this a lot.
"We will release the product when issue 51 has been finalized."
"We are waiting for it to be finalized."
Is this just a case of people trying to sound professional with corporate jargon
, or is there a real difference between 'finish' and 'finalize'?
meaning word-usage
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As per title of the question, I see this a lot.
"We will release the product when issue 51 has been finalized."
"We are waiting for it to be finalized."
Is this just a case of people trying to sound professional with corporate jargon
, or is there a real difference between 'finish' and 'finalize'?
meaning word-usage
asked 44 mins ago
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As per title of the question, I see this a lot.
"We will release the product when issue 51 has been finalized."
"We are waiting for it to be finalized."
Is this just a case of people trying to sound professional with corporate jargon
, or is there a real difference between 'finish' and 'finalize'?
meaning word-usage
meaning word-usage
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The definitions of finalise and finish are pretty similar, with finalise referring to the production of, or agreement on, the finished version.
The single word finalise carries the connotation of just the last bit, whereas finish needs helper words to carry that connotation (e.g. finish off, finish up). Saying that something is finished can also carry the unwanted sense that it is done for, that is, that it is of no further use; finalise doesn't carry that unwanted sense.
In commerce (including the fields of software engineering and management that you specifically referenced), completion isn't always enough. The customer wants confirmation of completion. Transacting parties want the signed agreement that follows the completion of negotiations, or the invoicing and payment that follow the completion of work. So it isn't enough that the work is finished (even in the positive sense); it needs to be finalised.
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Oooh. That's fascinating. The 'done for' connotation didn't even occur to me.
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I suppose they would argue that one finishes something of a fixed and prescribed nature - such as a 100 metre race.
But where the nature of the task is indeterminable at the outset and could take unexpected twists and turns, such as designing some new software, then it becomes inappropriate to talk of "finishing".
What, someone might ask, do you mean by "finishing"?
Finalise carries the sense of something being declared ended.
However, I also feel there may be an element of that which you refer to in the question - "finalise" sounds more managerially sophisticated than plain old "finish".
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That's also a very good point. Finalising could mean "declared done" according to some kind of consensus.
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The definitions of finalise and finish are pretty similar, with finalise referring to the production of, or agreement on, the finished version.
The single word finalise carries the connotation of just the last bit, whereas finish needs helper words to carry that connotation (e.g. finish off, finish up). Saying that something is finished can also carry the unwanted sense that it is done for, that is, that it is of no further use; finalise doesn't carry that unwanted sense.
In commerce (including the fields of software engineering and management that you specifically referenced), completion isn't always enough. The customer wants confirmation of completion. Transacting parties want the signed agreement that follows the completion of negotiations, or the invoicing and payment that follow the completion of work. So it isn't enough that the work is finished (even in the positive sense); it needs to be finalised.
answered 21 mins ago
Lawrence
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Oooh. That's fascinating. The 'done for' connotation didn't even occur to me.
– Sentinel
19 mins ago
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The definitions of finalise and finish are pretty similar, with finalise referring to the production of, or agreement on, the finished version.
The single word finalise carries the connotation of just the last bit, whereas finish needs helper words to carry that connotation (e.g. finish off, finish up). Saying that something is finished can also carry the unwanted sense that it is done for, that is, that it is of no further use; finalise doesn't carry that unwanted sense.
In commerce (including the fields of software engineering and management that you specifically referenced), completion isn't always enough. The customer wants confirmation of completion. Transacting parties want the signed agreement that follows the completion of negotiations, or the invoicing and payment that follow the completion of work. So it isn't enough that the work is finished (even in the positive sense); it needs to be finalised.
answered 21 mins ago
Lawrence
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Oooh. That's fascinating. The 'done for' connotation didn't even occur to me.
– Sentinel
19 mins ago
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The definitions of finalise and finish are pretty similar, with finalise referring to the production of, or agreement on, the finished version.
The single word finalise carries the connotation of just the last bit, whereas finish needs helper words to carry that connotation (e.g. finish off, finish up). Saying that something is finished can also carry the unwanted sense that it is done for, that is, that it is of no further use; finalise doesn't carry that unwanted sense.
In commerce (including the fields of software engineering and management that you specifically referenced), completion isn't always enough. The customer wants confirmation of completion. Transacting parties want the signed agreement that follows the completion of negotiations, or the invoicing and payment that follow the completion of work. So it isn't enough that the work is finished (even in the positive sense); it needs to be finalised.
answered 21 mins ago
Lawrence
29.5k457103
The definitions of finalise and finish are pretty similar, with finalise referring to the production of, or agreement on, the finished version.
The single word finalise carries the connotation of just the last bit, whereas finish needs helper words to carry that connotation (e.g. finish off, finish up). Saying that something is finished can also carry the unwanted sense that it is done for, that is, that it is of no further use; finalise doesn't carry that unwanted sense.
In commerce (including the fields of software engineering and management that you specifically referenced), completion isn't always enough. The customer wants confirmation of completion. Transacting parties want the signed agreement that follows the completion of negotiations, or the invoicing and payment that follow the completion of work. So it isn't enough that the work is finished (even in the positive sense); it needs to be finalised.
answered 21 mins ago
Lawrence
29.5k457103
answered 21 mins ago
Lawrence
29.5k457103
answered 21 mins ago
Lawrence
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answered 21 mins ago
Lawrence
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Oooh. That's fascinating. The 'done for' connotation didn't even occur to me.
– Sentinel
19 mins ago
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Oooh. That's fascinating. The 'done for' connotation didn't even occur to me.
– Sentinel
19 mins ago
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Oooh. That's fascinating. The 'done for' connotation didn't even occur to me.
– Sentinel
19 mins ago
Oooh. That's fascinating. The 'done for' connotation didn't even occur to me.
– Sentinel
19 mins ago
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I suppose they would argue that one finishes something of a fixed and prescribed nature - such as a 100 metre race.
But where the nature of the task is indeterminable at the outset and could take unexpected twists and turns, such as designing some new software, then it becomes inappropriate to talk of "finishing".
What, someone might ask, do you mean by "finishing"?
Finalise carries the sense of something being declared ended.
However, I also feel there may be an element of that which you refer to in the question - "finalise" sounds more managerially sophisticated than plain old "finish".
answered 19 mins ago
WS2
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That's also a very good point. Finalising could mean "declared done" according to some kind of consensus.
– Sentinel
17 mins ago
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I suppose they would argue that one finishes something of a fixed and prescribed nature - such as a 100 metre race.
But where the nature of the task is indeterminable at the outset and could take unexpected twists and turns, such as designing some new software, then it becomes inappropriate to talk of "finishing".
What, someone might ask, do you mean by "finishing"?
Finalise carries the sense of something being declared ended.
However, I also feel there may be an element of that which you refer to in the question - "finalise" sounds more managerially sophisticated than plain old "finish".
answered 19 mins ago
WS2
50.2k26109234
That's also a very good point. Finalising could mean "declared done" according to some kind of consensus.
– Sentinel
17 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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I suppose they would argue that one finishes something of a fixed and prescribed nature - such as a 100 metre race.
But where the nature of the task is indeterminable at the outset and could take unexpected twists and turns, such as designing some new software, then it becomes inappropriate to talk of "finishing".
What, someone might ask, do you mean by "finishing"?
Finalise carries the sense of something being declared ended.
However, I also feel there may be an element of that which you refer to in the question - "finalise" sounds more managerially sophisticated than plain old "finish".
answered 19 mins ago
WS2
50.2k26109234
I suppose they would argue that one finishes something of a fixed and prescribed nature - such as a 100 metre race.
But where the nature of the task is indeterminable at the outset and could take unexpected twists and turns, such as designing some new software, then it becomes inappropriate to talk of "finishing".
What, someone might ask, do you mean by "finishing"?
Finalise carries the sense of something being declared ended.
However, I also feel there may be an element of that which you refer to in the question - "finalise" sounds more managerially sophisticated than plain old "finish".
answered 19 mins ago
WS2
50.2k26109234
answered 19 mins ago
WS2
50.2k26109234
answered 19 mins ago
WS2
50.2k26109234
answered 19 mins ago
WS2
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50.2k26109234
That's also a very good point. Finalising could mean "declared done" according to some kind of consensus.
– Sentinel
17 mins ago
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That's also a very good point. Finalising could mean "declared done" according to some kind of consensus.
– Sentinel
17 mins ago
That's also a very good point. Finalising could mean "declared done" according to some kind of consensus.
– Sentinel
17 mins ago
That's also a very good point. Finalising could mean "declared done" according to some kind of consensus.
– Sentinel
17 mins ago
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