The difference between Reduction and Supplement
When used as nouns, reduction means the act, process, or result of reducing, whereas supplement means something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
Supplement is also verb with the meaning: to provide or make a supplement to something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Reduction and Supplement
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Reduction as a noun:
The act, process, or result of reducing.
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Reduction as a noun:
The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
Examples:
"A 5% reduction in robberies"
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Reduction as a noun (chemistry):
A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
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Reduction as a noun (cooking):
The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
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Reduction as a noun (mathematics):
The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
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Reduction as a noun (computability theory):
a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
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Reduction as a noun (music):
An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
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Reduction as a noun (philosophy, phenomenology):
A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
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Reduction as a noun (medicine):
A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
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Supplement as a noun:
Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
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Supplement as a noun:
An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
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Supplement as a noun:
An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.
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Supplement as a noun (geometry):
An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180; a supplementary angle.
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Supplement as a noun (nutrition, bodybuilding):
A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.
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Supplement as a verb:
To provide or make a supplement to something.
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