Adjunct vs Supplement - What's the difference?
adjunct | supplement |
An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
* Shakespeare
A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
(rhetoric) Symploce.
(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
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Connected in a subordinate function.
* Shakespeare
Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
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, title= An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.
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*:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements , refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir! "
(lb) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.
To provide or make a supplement to something.
As nouns the difference between adjunct and supplement
is that adjunct is an appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity while supplement is supplement.As an adjective adjunct
is connected in a subordinate function.adjunct
English
(wikipedia adjunct)Noun
(en noun)- Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
- (Wotton)
- We can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of
N-double-bar; Adjuncts' are both sisters and daughters of N-bar; and Comple-
ments are sisters of N and daughters of N-bar. This means that '''Adjuncts''' re-
semble Complements in that both are daughters of N-bar; but they differ from
Complements in that '''Adjuncts''' are sisters of N-bar, whereas Complements are
sisters of N. Likewise, it means that '''Adjuncts''' resemble Determiners in that
both are sisters of N-bar, but they differ from Determiners in that ' Adjuncts
are daughters of N-bar, whereas Determiners are daughters of N-double-bar.
Derived terms
* adjuncthood * adjunctiveAdjective
(en adjective)- Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
supplement
English
Noun
(en noun)Athletics and Herbal Supplements, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
