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what is the difference between "done", "over" and "finished"

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kso89 profile picture kso89April 2017

I'd use "done" and "finished" interchangeably:

Ex- "I'm done with my homework" or "I'm finished with my homework".

 

"Over" would be used more often in reference to an event (etc) of determined length--like a sporting event, etc.:

Ex- "The game's over." "Over" means "ended"; "Done" and "Finished" mean "completed".

  • kso89 profile picture kso89April 2017
    Well, you could say either, but one sentence has "done" as an adjective and the other as a "verb". Both sentences have essentially the same meaning, but the first sounds much more natural. There's a slight difference in the contextual feeling of the two sentences, but it's hard to describe--the first sentence feels much more, well, completed, I guess.
inverse123 profile picture inverse123March 2017
I think done and finish are synonym.
But i dont know when do we use over.