portion vs hub
hub vs portionportion and hub both are nouns.
portion is a verb but hub is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| portion | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| hub | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
hub is a hyponym of
portion; that is, hub is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
portion:
- portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact
- hub: the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
Other hyponyms of portion include
appendage, bit, bottleneck, bulb, butt, stub, component, constituent, element, cutout, foible, fore edge, foredge, forte, fraction, heel, jetsam, limb, neck, peen, piece, pressing, seat, section, segment, shank, waist, backbone, spine, toe, turnout, widening, upstage, upstairs, wreckage.
| portion (noun) | hub (noun) |
|---|---|
| the allotment of some amount by dividing something | the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes |
| something less than the whole of a human artifact | a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve |
| an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | |
| assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | |
| money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | |
| something determined in relation to something that includes it | |
| your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) |
| portion (verb) | hub (verb) |
|---|---|
| give out |
Words related to "portion"
- administer
- allocate
- allocation
- allot
- allotment
- allow
- allowance
- appendage
- apportion
- apportioning
- apportionment
- appropriate
- assets
- assign
- assignation
- backbone
- bad luck
- balance
- base
- basis
- bit
- bottleneck
- breast
- bulb
- butt
- circumstances
- component
- component part
- condition
- constituent
- cut
- cutout
- deal
- deal out
- destiny
- detail
- dish out
- dispensation
- dispense
- distribute
- dole
- dole out
- dower
- dowery
- dowry
- drink
- drumstick
- earmark
- earnings
- element
- failure
- fate
- foible
- fore edge
- foredge
- forte
- fortune
- fraction
- gift
- good fortune
- good luck
- heel
- helping
- hub
- ill luck
- interest
- item
- jetsam
- language unit
- libation
- limb
- linguistic unit
- lot
- luck
- luckiness
- lucre
- meal
- medallion
- member
- meronymy
- mete out
- misfortune
- mouthful
- neck
- net
- net income
- net profit
- object
- oyster
- parcel
- parcel out
- parceling
- parcelling
- parson's nose
- part
- part to whole relation
- particular
- peen
- percentage
- physical object
- piece
- point
- pope's nose
- pressing
- profit
- profit sharing
- profits
- providence
- ration
- relation
- remainder
- repast
- reserve
- residual
- residue
- residuum
- rest
- round
- round of drinks
- seat
- second joint
- section
- segment
- serving
- set aside
- shank
- share
- shell out
- slice
- small indefinite amount
- small indefinite quantity
- spine
- split
- stake
- stub
- subpart
- substance
- taste
- thigh
- toe
- tough luck
- tranche
- turnout
- unit
- upstage
- upstairs
- waist
- way
- white meat
- whole
- widening
- wing
- wreckage
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