case-fatality proportion vs proportion

proportion vs case-fatality proportion

case-fatality proportion and proportion both are nouns.

case-fatality proportion is not a verb while proportion is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
case-fatality proportion	Yes	No	No	No
proportion	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, proportion is a hypernym of case-fatality proportion; that is, proportion is a word with a broader meaning than case-fatality proportion:

case-fatality proportion: the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease; usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per 1000 cases
proportion: the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

case-fatality proportion (noun)	proportion (noun)
the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease; usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per 1000 cases	magnitude or extent
	harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
	the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
	the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
	balance among the parts of something

case-fatality proportion (verb)	proportion (verb)
	adjust in size relative to other things
	give pleasant proportions to

Difference between case-fatality proportion and proportion

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