Difference between Supplementary and Complementary

What is the difference between Supplementary and Complementary?

Supplementary as an adjective is additional; added to supply what is wanted. while Complementary as an adjective is acting as a complement

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Additional; added to supply what is wanted.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: acting as a complementof the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA

We hope you now know whether to use Supplementary or Complementary in your sentence.