Complement
Complement verb - To serve as a completing element to.
Usage example: this silk handkerchief will complement your suit very nicely and give it a bit of dash
Make up and complement are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make up" instead a verb "Complement".
Make up
Make up verb - To be all the substance of.
Usage example: the book is made up of 20 chapters
Complement and make up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complement" instead a verb "Make up".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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This forces them to use horse and motor transport to make up the other 30% or so of their requirements, but this requires their entire complement of horses and trucks and kills both several times faster than they can be replaced.
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