Supplement vs. Appendix — What's the Difference?

Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.

An appendage.

A section added to a book or document to give further information or to correct errors.

A collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book.

A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.

(Anatomy) Any of several supplementary or accessory parts of a bodily organ or structure, especially the vermiform appendix of the large intestine.

See dietary supplement.

Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.

See supplementary angle.

A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.

To provide or form a supplement to.

(anatomy) The vermiform appendix.

Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.

(anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.

An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.

Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.

An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.

Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

(geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.

The vermiform appendix.

A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.

Supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.

A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

To provide or make a supplement to something.

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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.

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.

To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.

Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

A quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)

A supplementary component that improves capability

Add as a supplement to what seems insufficient;

Serve as a supplement to;

Add to the very end;