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Completion vs Complementation - What's the difference?

completion | complementation |

As nouns the difference between completion and complementation

is that completion is the act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment while complementation is (mathematics) the replacement of a set by its complement.

completion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}
  • (label) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
  • (label) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
  • (label) The space resulting from such an act.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being complete) completeness

    Antonyms

    * (state of being or making complete) incompletion * termination

    complementation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia complementation)
  • (mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement
  • (genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective
  • (grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate