percentage vs dispensation

dispensation vs percentage

percentage and dispensation both are nouns.

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

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

percentage: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
dispensation: a share that has been dispensed or distributed

Other hyponyms of percentage include tranche, dole, way, ration, allowance, piece, slice, split, interest, stake, profit sharing, cut, allocation, allotment.

percentage (noun)	dispensation (noun)
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group	the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent	an exemption from some rule or obligation
	a share that has been dispensed or distributed

Difference between percentage and dispensation

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