complement, compliment — Complement implies something which completes: This jewelry will complement your dress. A compliment is flattery or praise: Beulah enjoyed the compliment paid to her … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
complement / compliment — Complement means to supplement or make complete : Their two personalities complement each other. Compliment means to praise or congratulate : She received a compliment on her sense of fashion … Confused words
complement / compliment — Complement means to supplement or make complete : Their two personalities complement each other. Compliment means to praise or congratulate : She received a compliment on her sense of fashion … Confused words
complement, compliment — The words come from the same Latin root, complere, meaning to fill up, but have long had separate meanings. Compliment means to praise. Complement has stayed closer to the original meaning: it means to fill out or make whole. As such, it… … Dictionary of troublesome word
complement, compliment — The words come from the same Latin root, complere, meaning to fill up, but have long had separate meanings. Compliment means to praise. Complement has stayed closer to the original meaning: it means to fill out or make whole. As such, it… … Dictionary of troublesome word
complement — complement, compliment, complementary, complimentary 1. Complement and compliment each function as noun and verb; in pronunciation they are largely indistinguishable except that in the verbal function compliment has a fuller i sound in its second … Modern English usage
compliment — complement, compliment, complementary, complimentary 1. Complement and compliment each function as noun and verb; in pronunciation they are largely indistinguishable except that in the verbal function compliment has a fuller i sound in its second … Modern English usage
compliment — See complement, compliment … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
complement — See complement, compliment … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
complement — COMPLEMÉNT, complemente, s.n. 1. Ceea ce se adaugă la ceva spre a l întregi; complinire. 2. Parte secundară a propoziţiei care determină un verb, un adjectiv sau un adverb. 3. Substanţă de natură proteică prezentă în serul normal şi care… … Dicționar Român
