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balance vs portion

portion vs balance

balance and portion both are nouns.

balance and portion both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
balance Yes No Yes No
portion Yes No Yes No
As nouns, portion is a hypernym of balance; that is, portion is a word with a broader meaning than balance:
  • balance: something left after other parts have been taken away
  • portion: something determined in relation to something that includes it
Other hypernyms of balance include component, component part, constituent, part.
balance (noun) portion (noun)
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity the allotment of some amount by dividing something
a weight that balances another weight something less than the whole of a human artifact
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account something determined in relation to something that includes it
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
something left after other parts have been taken away
equality of distribution
a state of equilibrium
balance (verb) portion (verb)
hold or carry in equilibrium give out
compute credits and debits of an account
bring into balance or equilibrium
be in equilibrium
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