Relationship Pairs: Definitions

 
Advisor each has an area of insight that the other lacks
Cohort mutually drawn into experiential escapades
Companion similar modes of expression: bear each other's company well
Complement compatible strengths with opposite emphases
Supplement like Pal, but functions are farther removed: each can add to the other's strengths
Tribesman share a sense of culture, but with different interests and abilities
Anima fits Dr. Beebe's description of the anima/anumus: each is the other's inferior (4th) function
Contrast point and counterpoint on each function
Counterpart perform similar functions in totally different realms
Enigma a puzzle: totally foreign in nearly every facet
Identity same types: a typological mirror-image
Neighbor arrive at the same place by variant processes
Novelty intriguingly different: interestingly so
Pal work and play well together: minimal natural type conflict
Pedagogue each is both the other's mentor and student: has a "parent to child" feel
Suitemate a person one might be comfortable sharing an office. Prefer similar climates, but don't necessarily have much in common as far as goals or world view

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