complementary means acting to complete something eg In a right angled triangle the two smaller angles are complementary, because together they always add up to 90 degrees
complimentary means respectful or congratulatory eg He played so well that the team coach was very complimentary after the game
Complementary is a mathematical term
The correct spelling is "complimentary" meaning that done in praise.The similar word complementary means completing, matching, or balancing.
Scientifically, complementary colors are those that, when mixed, produce a neutral grey. Throughout the history of art, green was considered to be the complementary of red, but the reason for that was the technological limitations that made it impossible to create more colors at the time. We now know that the actual complementary of RED is CYAN. Complementaries: Red->Cyan Green->Magenta Blue->Yellow
There are two often-confused homophones (sound-alike words):complimentary - paying a compliment, praisingcomplementary - completing, making whole, providing a related form*The form seen in advertisements is more correctly complementary (e.g. drinks, parking), rather than a gift or gratuity, and these services need not be free.
A comma is generally used after a complimentary closing.
difference between one- ones
Complementary angles total 90 degrees. Supplementary angles total 180 degrees.
analogous colors are next to each other on the color wheel. complementary colors are across, or colors that are opposite. (for example, red and green.)
When something is "complimentary" is flatters the subject. When to tell your girlfriend that she looks beautiful in her red dress, you are giving her a compliment, or being complimentary. When something is "complementary" it adds to and completes the subject. If you are skilled on the violin and your girlfriend is a skilled vocalist, you complement each other, each providing skills that support and expand the other, you make a good team.
"Complimentary food" would be correct. Complimentary means to provide for free or as a favour, like complimentary services, whereas complementary means to complete a set, like when a shirt complements a tie.
No, purple is complementary to yellow and green is complementary to red.
complimentary basis
A graph of complimentary goods in economics represents the relationship between the price of of commodity & demand for it's complementary. Thus it shows a inverse relationship.
The complimentary color of magenta is green. The complimentary color of yellow is blue. :-)
The complimentary base for cytosine in DNA is guanine. In RNA, the complimentary base is uracil.
You don't get revenue on complimentary goods.
The complementary color of blue is yellow.
no these are complementary to each other not alike.