portion vs heel

heel vs portion

portion and heel both are nouns.

portion and heel both are verbs.

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

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

portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact
heel: (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

Other hyponyms of portion include appendage, bit, bottleneck, bulb, butt, stub, component, constituent, element, cutout, foible, fore edge, foredge, forte, fraction, hub, jetsam, limb, neck, peen, piece, pressing, seat, section, segment, shank, waist, backbone, spine, toe, turnout, widening, upstage, upstairs, wreckage.

portion (noun)	heel (noun)
the allotment of some amount by dividing something	the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
something less than the whole of a human artifact	(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal	the lower end of a ship's mast
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group	the back part of the human foot
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage	one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
something determined in relation to something that includes it	someone who is morally reprehensible
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

portion (verb)	heel (verb)
give out	put a new heel on
	strike with the heel of the club
	perform with the heels
	follow at the heels of a person
	tilt to one side

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