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allocation vs percentage

percentage vs allocation

allocation and percentage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allocation Yes No No No
percentage Yes No No No
As nouns, percentage is a hypernym of allocation; that is, percentage is a word with a broader meaning than allocation:
  • allocation: a share set aside for a specific purpose
  • percentage: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
Other hypernyms of allocation include part, portion, share.
allocation (noun) percentage (noun)
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
a share set aside for a specific purpose
Difference between allocation and percentage

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