distribution vs dispensation

dispensation vs distribution

distribution and dispensation both are nouns.

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

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

distribution: the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
dispensation: the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)

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

distribution (noun)	dispensation (noun)
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning	the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer	an exemption from some rule or obligation
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume	a share that has been dispensed or distributed
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

Difference between distribution and dispensation

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