Accompanying vs Complementary - What's the difference?
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Present together.
* (1848 ) :
Acting as a complement.
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(genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
(physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
A complementary colour.
(obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
Accompanying is a related term of complementary.
As adjectives the difference between accompanying and complementary
is that accompanying is present together while complementary is acting as a complement.As nouns the difference between accompanying and complementary
is that accompanying is while complementary is a complementary colour.As a verb accompanying
is .accompanying
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The accompanying pages contain the unfinished Sketch of a Theory of Life by S. T. Coleridge.
References
*“accompanying” in Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Verb
(head)complementary
English
(wikipedia complementary)Adjective
(en adjective)- Using the terminology we intro-
duced earlier, we might then say that black and white squares are in comple-
mentary distribution on a chess-board. By this we mean two things: firstly,
black squares and white squares occupy different positions on the board: and
secondly, the black and white squares complement each other in the sense that
the black squares together with the white squares comprise the total set of 64
squares found on the board (i.e. there is no square on the board which is not
either black or white).
Usage notes
* Complementary and complimentary are frequently confused and misused in place of one another.Derived terms
* complementarily * complementarity * complementary angle * complementary colour * complementary distributionNoun
(complementaries)- (Ben Jonson)