Contributory and Complementary

Contributory

Contributory adjective - Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.
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Complementary and contributory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Complementary" instead an adjective "Contributory".

Complementary

Complementary adjective - Related to each other in such a way that one completes the other.

Contributory and complementary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contributory" instead an adjective "Complementary".

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