portion vs bit

portion and bit both are nouns.

portion is a verb but bit is not a verb.

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

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

portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact
bit: the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers

Other hyponyms of portion include appendage, 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, backbone, spine, toe, turnout, widening, upstage, upstairs, wreckage.

portion (noun)	bit (noun)
the allotment of some amount by dividing something	the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
something less than the whole of a human artifact	piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal	the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group	a short performance that is part of a longer program
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage	a small fragment
something determined in relation to something that includes it	an instance of some kind
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)	a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
	a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
	a small piece or quantity of something
	an indefinitely short time

portion (verb)	bit (verb)
give out

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