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Additional vs Redundant - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between additional and redundant

is that additional is supplemental or added to something while redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.

As a noun additional

is something added.

additional

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Supplemental or added to something.
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something added.
  • (Francis Bacon)

    redundant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
  • Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
  • (chiefly, British) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
  • Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
  • * 2013 , Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems , page 142:
  • The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

    Antonyms

    * non-redundant