medallion vs portion

medallion and portion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medallion	Yes	No	No	No
portion	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, portion is a hypernym of medallion; that is, portion is a word with a broader meaning than medallion:

Other hypernyms of medallion include helping, serving.

As nouns, portion is a hypernym of medallion; that is, portion is a word with a broader meaning than medallion:

medallion: a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) "medallions of veal"
portion: an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

Other hypernyms of medallion include helping, serving, steak.

medallion (noun)	portion (noun)
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event	the allotment of some amount by dividing something
an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered	something less than the whole of a human artifact
a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat)	an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) "medallions of veal"	assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
any of various large ancient Greek coins	money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
	something determined in relation to something that includes it
	your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

medallion (verb)	portion (verb)
	give out