What's the difference between complementary and supplementary?

Complementary


Definition:

  • (a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
  • (n.) One skilled in compliments.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Breast reconstruction should not be limited to the requiring patients, but should represent, in selected cases with favourable prognosis, an integrative and complementary procedure of the treatment.
  • (2) Eye movements which were either complementary or in opposition to the induced vestibular nystagmus were produced with an optokinetic drum.
  • (3) Thermal stabilities (Tm's) of the hybrid between the 2'-O-methyl ribooligomer and the complementary ribooligomer and of the related hybrids are compared.
  • (4) Blocking the heparin-binding domains of fibronectin inhibited osteoblast attachment by 40-45%, which is complementary to inhibition results previously obtained with the RGDS tetrapeptide.
  • (5) This study reports the analysis of a transvestite man through focusing on his marital interaction and his wife's complementary behavior to his perversion.
  • (6) Meanwhile Bradley Beal has developed into a dangerous second option and complementary sidekick in exactly the same way that Dion Waiters hasn't for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • (7) Globin cDNA was used as the template for the synthesis of a complementary strand (ccDNA) by avian myeloblastosis virus DNA polymerase.
  • (8) A 4-year prospective study was carried out on 53 chronically mentally ill patients living in a differentiated complementary residential complex.
  • (9) The product (AF-AGIIb-1) of digestion of AGIIb-1 with exo-alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase had markedly increased anti-complementary activity, as did that (AF-N-I) of N-I.
  • (10) In addition, a redistribution of cellular controls of the host reaction to parasites may act as a complementary mechanism for establishment of the viable equilibrium between host and parasite.
  • (11) At present NMR still plays a more complementary role to CT in the evaluation of this complex anatomical area.
  • (12) The anti-complementary activity resides in a heavy molecular weight fraction (approx.
  • (13) Complementary DNA and RNA probes coding for the pro alpha 1 (IV) chain of human type IV collagen and the B1 chain of human laminin were used to detect respective mRNA.
  • (14) Several attempts to use a complementary oligodeoxynucleotide to direct a uranyl "warhead" against an oligodeoxynucleotide target were unsuccessful.
  • (15) Here we describe the cloning of the human PSAP gene and complementary DNA, and discuss features of the unusual encoded protein.
  • (16) The aralkylation involves the base adenine, designated A* at the modification site, in the center of synthetic heptameric, nonameric and pentadecameric oligonucleotides; complementary strands lacking any modification were also synthesized.
  • (17) Thus, a complementary or synergistic effect is the result of the immunosuppressive regimen of splenectomy and CsA in hamster-to-rat cardiac xenografts.
  • (18) In the case of first-order mass action kinetics--the quasi-species model--complementary replication, like direct replication, exhibits an error threshold for the replication accuracy, below which the genetic information is lost.
  • (19) The human epidermal growth factor receptor (hEGF-R) was introduced into murine P19 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells, which do not express endogenous EGF-R. Undifferentiated stable P19 EC transfectants containing multiple copies of the hEGF-R complementary DNA were isolated.
  • (20) In subsequent steps, unassociated Y' directs the synthesis of the complementary oligopurine (R') strand forming a new double helix Y'R' that may direct the synthesis of an oligopyrimidine strand, Y, that is expected to be identical to the first strand that started the whole sequence.

Supplementary


Definition:

  • (a.) Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These deficiencies in the data compromise HIV surveillance based on diagnostic testing, and supplementary bias-free data are needed.
  • (2) Castrated rams did not show this increase, with or without supplementary testosterone.
  • (3) Conventional medical treatment followed in unsuccessful cases by trabeculectomy (group A) was compared with trabeculectomy at diagnosis followed when necessary by supplementary medical therapy (group B).
  • (4) An expanded version of this paper, containing full experimental details of the semisynthesis and characterization of [GlyA1-3H]insulin, has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50129 (30 pages) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem.
  • (5) Ungraded antigen typing results are included as well as discussions of the ungraded additional challenges and supplementary questions.
  • (6) This in its turn may be due to the development of supplementary processes in the discs and adjacent tissues.
  • (7) A second pattern of representation of body movements, the supplementary motor area (SMA), adjoined the rostromedial border of M-I.
  • (8) Tracking a moving target with the index finger defined a network of focal responses of relative cerebral blood flow (relCBF) located in the primary motor cortex, dorsal parietal cortex, precuneate cortex, supplementary motor area (SMA) and ipsilateral anterior cerebellum relative to visual tracking alone.
  • (9) fbi justified homicide chart Academics and specialists have long been aware of flaws in the FBI numbers, which are based on voluntary submissions by local law enforcement agencies of paperwork known as supplementary homicide reports.
  • (10) The four non responders received a supplementary vaccination a month later, beside the booster dose given one year later (T12).
  • (11) Supplementary experiments on rats and rabbits were also conducted.
  • (12) In the ipsilateral frontal region, however, an upward potential whose latency was around 55 msec was proposed to be due to a generator in the supplementary motor area of the contralateral hemisphere.
  • (13) These supplementary criteria should make identification simple, allow an abnormal response to be recognized and indications for treatment of the temporary deafness to be better defined.
  • (14) Two levels of SAA were infused containing 0.5 or 1.0 g day-1 organic sulfur with DL-methionine contributing two-thirds and L-cystine one-third of the supplementary sulfur.
  • (15) Plasma morphine concentrations reached a steady level usually within 3 h after administration of MST, and did not increase after surgery unless supplementary opioid was given.
  • (16) In the first two trials, groundnut meal was used, with and without supplementary methionine and lysine.
  • (17) All supplementary information and identifying marks were removed from the test set after assignment of random identification numbers to each entry and their encryption.
  • (18) Supplementary treatment with chlorpheniramine, 4-mg tablets, was permitted when necessary to control symptoms.
  • (19) The effects of supplementary information about locations of secondary structures and disulfide bonds are also examined to discuss the potential ability of this methodology to predict the three-dimensional structures of globular proteins.
  • (20) Introduction of supplementary food causes a fall in suckling frequency and duration.