distribution vs allocation

allocation vs distribution

distribution and allocation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribution	Yes	No	No	No
allocation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, allocation is a hyponym of distribution; that is, allocation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than distribution:

distribution: the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
allocation: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

Other hyponyms of distribution include assigning, assignment, redistribution, dispensation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling, deal, revenue sharing, share-out, sharing.

distribution (noun)	allocation (noun)
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning	the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer	(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume	a share set aside for a specific purpose
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

Difference between distribution and allocation

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