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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.

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"Complimentary" means expressing praise or admiration, or provided at no cost. "Complementary" means combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize each other's qualities or characteristics, or completing another.

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