Complimentary vs. Complementary

Complimentaryadjective

In the nature of a compliment.

Complimentaryadjective

Free; provided at no charge.

Complimentaryadjective

With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.

Complimentaryadjective

Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket.

Complimentaryadjective

conveying or resembling a compliment;

Complimentaryadjective

costing nothing;

Complementaryadjective

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

Complementaryadjective

(genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.

Complementaryadjective

(physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)

Complementarynoun

A complementary colour.

Complementarynoun

(obsolete) One skilled in compliments.

Complementarynoun

An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.

Complementaryadjective

Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

Complementarynoun

One skilled in compliments.

Complementarynoun

either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments);

Complementaryadjective

acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

Complementaryadjective

of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other;

Complementaryadjective

of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;