Complement or compliment?
A complement completes something; a compliment is kind praise.
- complement
- The wine was a perfect complement to the fish.
- compliment
- He paid her a compliment on her garden.
To rememberA complement completes; a compliment says I like it.
NotThanks for the nice complement!
SayThanks for the nice compliment!
WhyPraise is a compliment, with an i.