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apportionment vs reapportionment

reapportionment vs apportionment

apportionment and reapportionment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apportionment Yes No No No
reapportionment Yes No No No
As nouns, reapportionment is a hyponym of apportionment; that is, reapportionment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than apportionment:
  • apportionment: 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 apportionment include grant, subsidisation, subsidization, reallocation, reallotment, deal, rationing, parcel, portion, share.
apportionment (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 apportionment and reapportionment

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