Supply vs. Supplement

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

Supplyverb

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

to supply money for the war

Supplementnoun

Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.

Supplyverb

(transitive) To furnish or equip with.

to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition

Supplementnoun

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

Supplyverb

(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.

Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.

Supplementnoun

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

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Supplyverb

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

Supplementnoun

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

Supplyverb

(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.

Supplementnoun

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

Supplyverb

(intransitive) To act as a substitute.

Supplementverb

To provide or make a supplement to something.

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Supplyverb

(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

to supply a pulpit

Supplementnoun

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

Supplynoun

(uncountable) The act of supplying.

supply and demand

Supplementnoun

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

Supplynoun

(countable) An amount of something supplied.

A supply of good drinking water is essential.She said, “China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater. File:She said, “China has always had a freshwater supply problem.ogg

Supplementnoun

a supplementary component that improves capability

Supplynoun

(in the plural) provisions.

Supplementverb

add as a supplement to what seems insufficient;

supplement your diet

Supplynoun

An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.

to vote supplies

Supplementverb

serve as a supplement to;

Vitamins supplemented his meager diet

Supplynoun

Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

Supplementverb

add to the very end;

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

Supplyadverb

Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

Supplynoun

an amount of something available for use

Supplynoun

offering goods and services for sale

Supplynoun

the activity of supplying or providing something

Supplyverb

provide or furnish with;

We provided the room with an electrical heater

Supplyverb

circulate or distribute or equip with;

issue a new uniform to the childrensupply blankets for the beds

Supplyverb

provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;

The hostess provided lunch for all the guests

Supplyverb

state or say further;

`It doesn't matter,' he supplied