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Supplementary vs Suppletive - What's the difference?

supplementary | suppletive |

As adjectives the difference between supplementary and suppletive

is that supplementary is additional; added to supply what is wanted while suppletive is (grammar) inflected by substituting an unrelated form (for example, in english, the adjectival forms good'', ''better,'' ''best ).

supplementary

English

Adjective

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

    • Related terms

    * presupplementary

    References

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    suppletive

    English

    (suppletion)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (grammar) Inflected by substituting an unrelated form (for example, in English, the adjectival forms good'', ''better,'' ''best ).
    • When "went" replaced "gang", "go" became suppletive .
  • Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.

    • See also

    * suppletion *

    See also

    * syncretic ----