different between ancillary vs complemental

English

Etymology

From Latin ancill?ris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æns??le?i?/
• Rhymes: -?l??i

Adjective

ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)

1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary

   Synonym: accessory

   • 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:

     […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.

   • 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error, Chapter 7

     [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.

Translations

Noun

ancillary (plural ancillaries)

1. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
2. (archaic) An auxiliary.

Translations

References

• ancillary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ancillary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ancillary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Carlylian, cranially

English

Etymology

From complement +? -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Adjective

complemental (not comparable)

1. Of the nature of a complement; completing.
2. Complementary.
3. (obsolete) Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, I.18:

     [I]t is an error worse than heresie, to adore these complemental and circumstantial pieces of felicity, and undervalue those perfections and essential points of happiness wherein we resemble our Maker.

4. (obsolete) Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.
5. (obsolete) Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.
6. (obsolete) Complimentary.

Derived terms

• complemental angle
• complemental air
• complemental male

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “complemental”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN