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Substitutable and Complementary

adjective

  • Of words. ( interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression)
  • Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent.

noun

  • Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments. )
    • usage: "yellow and blue are complementaries"

adjective

  • Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other.
    • usage: "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
  • Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole. ).