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portion vs backbone

backbone vs portion

portion and backbone both are nouns.

portion is a verb but backbone is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
portion Yes No Yes No
backbone Yes No No No
As nouns, backbone is a hyponym of portion; that is, backbone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than portion:
  • portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact
  • backbone: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
Other hyponyms of portion include appendage, bit, bottleneck, bulb, butt, stub, component, constituent, element, cutout, foible, fore edge, foredge, forte, fraction, heel, hub, jetsam, limb, neck, peen, piece, pressing, seat, section, segment, shank, waist, spine, toe, turnout, widening, upstage, upstairs, wreckage.
portion (noun) backbone (noun)
the allotment of some amount by dividing something the part of a network that connects other networks together
something less than the whole of a human artifact the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal fortitude and determination
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage a central cohesive source of support and stability
something determined in relation to something that includes it
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
portion (verb) backbone (verb)
give out
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