portion vs bulb

bulb vs portion

portion and bulb both are nouns.

portion is a verb but bulb is not a verb.

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

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

portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact
bulb: a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)

Other hyponyms of portion include appendage, bit, bottleneck, 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)	bulb (noun)
the allotment of some amount by dividing something	electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
something less than the whole of a human artifact	a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal	a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group	lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage	a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
something determined in relation to something that includes it	anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

portion (verb)	bulb (verb)
give out

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