antithetical vs complementary

antithetical

adj
  • Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted. 

complementary

adj
  • Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else. 

  • Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA. 

  • Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.) 

noun
  • A complementary colour. 

  • An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees. 

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