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element vs portion

portion vs element

element and portion both are nouns.

element is not a verb while portion is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
element Yes No No No
portion Yes No Yes No
As nouns, portion is a hypernym of element; that is, portion is a word with a broader meaning than element:
  • element: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
  • portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact
Other hypernyms of element include part.
element (noun) portion (noun)
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system the allotment of some amount by dividing something
an abstract part of something something less than the whole of a human artifact
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter something determined in relation to something that includes it
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
element (verb) portion (verb)
give out
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