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allotment vs percentage

percentage vs allotment

allotment and percentage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allotment Yes No No No
percentage Yes No No No
As nouns, percentage is a hypernym of allotment; that is, percentage is a word with a broader meaning than allotment:
  • allotment: 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 allotment include part, portion, share.
allotment (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
a share set aside for a specific purpose a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
Difference between allotment and percentage

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