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portion vs element

element vs portion

portion and element both are nouns.

portion is a verb but element is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
portion Yes No Yes No
element Yes No No No
As nouns, element is a hyponym of portion; that is, element is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than portion:
  • portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact
  • element: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
Other hyponyms of portion include appendage, bit, bottleneck, bulb, butt, stub, component, constituent, 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) element (noun)
the allotment of some amount by dividing something an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
something less than the whole of a human artifact an abstract part of something
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
something determined in relation to something that includes it any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
portion (verb) element (verb)
give out
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