Augment vs. Supplement

Augment vs. Supplement — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Augment and Supplement

Augmentverb

(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.

The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

Supplementnoun

Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.

Augmentverb

To grow; to increase; to become greater.

Supplementnoun

An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.

Augmentverb

(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

Supplementnoun

An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.

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Augmentverb

(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).

Supplementnoun

(geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.

Augmentverb

To add an augment to.

Supplementnoun

A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.

Augmentnoun

(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

Supplementverb

To provide or make a supplement to something.

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Augmentnoun

(grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.

Supplementnoun

textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

Augmentnoun

An increase.

Supplementnoun

a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)

Augmentverb

enlarge or increase;

The recent speech of the PLO chairman augmented tensions in the Near East

Supplementnoun

a supplementary component that improves capability

Augmentverb

grow or intensify;

The pressure augmented

Supplementverb

add as a supplement to what seems insufficient;

supplement your diet

Supplementverb

serve as a supplement to;

Vitamins supplemented his meager diet

Supplementverb

add to the very end;

He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language