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apportioning vs reapportionment

reapportionment vs apportioning

apportioning and reapportionment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apportioning Yes No No No
reapportionment Yes No No No
As nouns, reapportionment is a hyponym of apportioning; that is, reapportionment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than apportioning:
  • apportioning: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
  • reapportionment: a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
Other hyponyms of apportioning include grant, subsidisation, subsidization, reallocation, reallotment, deal, rationing, parcel, portion, share.
apportioning (noun) reapportionment (noun)
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
Difference between apportioning and reapportionment

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