Supplant vs. Supplement — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Supplant and Supplement
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Supplant
To take the place of or substitute for (another)
Computers have largely supplanted typewriters.
Supplement
Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
Supplant
To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
In the Bible, Jacob supplants his older brother Esau.
Supplement
A section added to a book or document to give further information or to correct errors.
Supplant
(transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
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Supplement
A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.
Supplant
To uproot, to remove violently.
Supplement
See dietary supplement.
Supplant
To trip up.
Supplement
See supplementary angle.
Supplant
To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.
Supplement
To provide or form a supplement to.
Supplant
To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
You never will supplant the received ideas of God.
Supplement
Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
Supplant
Take the place or move into the position of;
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
The computer has supplanted the slide rule
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
Supplement
An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
Supplement
An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.
Supplement
(geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
Supplement
A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.
Supplement
A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.
There is a £2 supplement if you choose the steak.
Supplement
To provide or make a supplement to something.
Supplement
That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.
Supplement
That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors.
Supplement
The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.
Supplement
To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.
Causes of one kind must be supplemented by bringing to bear upon them a causation of another kind.
Supplement
Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
Supplement
A quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
Supplement
A supplementary component that improves capability
Supplement
Add as a supplement to what seems insufficient;
Supplement your diet
Supplement
Serve as a supplement to;
Vitamins supplemented his meager diet
Supplement
Add to the very end;
He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language
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