Complement vs. Completion

Complement vs. Completion — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Complement and Completion

Complementnoun

Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.

Completionnoun

The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.

Complementnoun

(obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.

Completionnoun

(legal) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.

Complementnoun

The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.

Completionnoun

(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.

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Complementnoun

(obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.

Completionnoun

(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.

Complementnoun

(nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.

Completionnoun

(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.

Complementnoun

(heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).

Completionnoun

(American football) a successful forward pass in football

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Complementnoun

An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.

Completionnoun

a concluding action

Complementnoun

Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.

Complementnoun

(grammar) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.

Complementnoun

(music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.

Complementnoun

(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).

The complement of blue is orange.

Complementnoun

(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).

The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.

Complementnoun

(immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.

Complementnoun

(logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.

Complementnoun

(electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.

Complementnoun

(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.

Complementnoun

The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.

The complement of 01100101_2 is 10011010_2.

Complementnoun

The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.

The complement of 01100101_2 is 10011011_2.

Complementnoun

The numeric complement of a number.

The complement of −123 is 123.

Complementnoun

(genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.

A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.

Complementnoun

obsolete spelling of complimentshould this be at a different ety?

Complementnoun

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Complementverb

To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

We believe your addition will complement the team.

Complementverb

To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides.

The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.I believe our talents really complement each other.

Complementverb

To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.

Complementverb

obsolete form of compliment

Complementnoun

a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

Complementnoun

a complete number or quantity;

a full complement

Complementnoun

number needed to make up whole force;

a full complement of workers

Complementnoun

something added to complete or make perfect;

a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner

Complementnoun

one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response

Complementnoun

either of two parts that mutually complete each other

Complementverb

make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to;

I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup