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Supportive vs Supplemental - What's the difference?

supportive | supplemental |

As adjectives the difference between supportive and supplemental

is that supportive is providing support while supplemental is acting to supplement.

As a noun supplemental is

something that supplements or adds to.

supportive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Providing support.
    • I had a very supportive coach who helped me.

    Antonyms

    * unsupportive

    supplemental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Acting to supplement.
  • *
    • The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
  • Appending.
  • Lacking a regular schedule (as in a supplemental airline).

    • Derived terms

    * supplementally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that supplements or adds to.
  • A requisition or article of legislation that provides additional funding for a program.