Supplementary vs Redundant - What's the difference?
supplementary | redundant | Related terms |
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:
Supplementary is a related term of redundant.
As adjectives the difference between supplementary and redundant
is that supplementary is additional; added to supply what is wanted while redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.redundant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.