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allowance vs percentage

percentage vs allowance

allowance and percentage both are nouns.

allowance is a verb but percentage is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allowance Yes No Yes No
percentage Yes No No No
As nouns, percentage is a hypernym of allowance; that is, percentage is a word with a broader meaning than allowance:
  • allowance: an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
  • percentage: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
Other hypernyms of allowance include part, portion, share.
allowance (noun) percentage (noun)
the act of allowing assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
allowance (verb) percentage (verb)
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
Difference between allowance and percentage

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