{"id":6972,"date":"2023-10-06T20:10:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:26:30","slug":"compliment-vs-complement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/compliment-vs-complement","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Compliment\u2019 vs. \u2018complement\u2019: When to use which"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Homophones are tricky, especially if the words have similar meanings. A common example of a homophone that often trips people up is the words \u201ccompliment\u201d and \u201ccomplement\u201d. While the two words have positive connotations, they have different meanings and cannot be used interchangeably. 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