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Free advice on complement vs. compliment

By Debra Dobbins

“Complement” is spelled properly in today’s Freshly Squeezed. It means to supplement something or go together nicely with it.

Used as a noun, “compliment” is praise. Used as a verb, it means to give praise.

What would the noun “complement” mean to a:

a) musician
b) mathematician
c) ship’s captain
d) immunologist

Answers tomorrow.
 

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