case-to-infection ratio vs proportion

proportion vs case-to-infection ratio

case-to-infection ratio and proportion both are nouns.

case-to-infection ratio is not a verb while proportion is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
case-to-infection ratio	Yes	No	No	No
proportion	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

case-to-infection ratio: the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease
proportion: the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

case-to-infection ratio (noun)	proportion (noun)
the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease	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-to-infection ratio (verb)	proportion (verb)
	adjust in size relative to other things
	give pleasant proportions to

Difference between case-to-infection ratio and proportion

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