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Supplementary vs Pivotal - What's the difference?

supplementary | pivotal |

As adjectives the difference between supplementary and pivotal

is that supplementary is additional; added to supply what is wanted while pivotal is of, relating to, or being a pivot.

supplementary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Additional; added to supply what is wanted.

    • Related terms

    * presupplementary

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    pivotal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
  • Being of crucial importance; central, key.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}