distribution vs allotment

allotment vs distribution

distribution and allotment both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

distribution (noun)	allotment (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	a share set aside for a specific purpose
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

Difference between distribution and allotment

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