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Complemental vs Complementary - What's the difference?

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Complementary is a related term of complemental.



In obsolete terms the difference between complemental and complementary

is that complemental is complimentary while complementary is one skilled in compliments.

As adjectives the difference between complemental and complementary

is that complemental is of the nature of a complement; completing while complementary is acting as a complement.

As a noun complementary is

a complementary colour.

complemental

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of the nature of a complement; completing.
  • Complementary.
  • (obsolete) Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary.
  • (obsolete) Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.
  • (obsolete) Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.
  • (obsolete) Complimentary.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • *, I.39:
  • *:I have no skill in ceremonious letters, which have no other substance, but a faire contexture of complemental phrases and curteous words.

    • Derived terms

    * complemental angle * complemental air * complemental male

    References

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    complementary

    English

    (wikipedia complementary)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Acting as a complement.
  • *
    • 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).
  • (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.)

    • Usage notes

    * Complementary and complimentary are frequently confused and misused in place of one another.

    Derived terms

    * complementarily * complementarity * complementary angle * complementary colour * complementary distribution

    Related terms

    * complemental

    Noun

    (complementaries)
  • A complementary colour.
  • (obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
    • (Ben Jonson)

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