Compliment & Complement
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.2.8
Compliment & Complement
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. For example, 'compliment' and 'complement'.
Compliment
- I appreciated the compliment.
- To compliment someone is to say nice things about them.
Complement
- The mango sauce really complemented to ice cream.
- Complement comes from the word complete.
- Complementing something means making it complete.