magnitude vs proportion

proportion vs magnitude

magnitude and proportion both are nouns.

magnitude is not a verb while proportion is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
magnitude	Yes	No	No	No
proportion	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

magnitude: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
proportion: magnitude or extent

Other hyponyms of magnitude include absolute magnitude, dimension, order, order of magnitude, dimension, degree, amplitude, multiplicity, triplicity, size, size, bulk, mass, volume, muchness, intensity, intensity level, strength, amount, extent, subdimension.

magnitude (noun)	proportion (noun)
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)	magnitude or extent
relative importance	harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10	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

magnitude (verb)	proportion (verb)
	adjust in size relative to other things
	give pleasant proportions to

Difference between magnitude and proportion

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