portion vs remainder

remainder vs portion

portion and remainder both are nouns.

portion and remainder both are verbs.

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

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

portion: something determined in relation to something that includes it
remainder: something left after other parts have been taken away

Other hyponyms of portion include substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, butt, base, basis, detail, item, particular, unit, member, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart.

portion (noun)	remainder (noun)
the allotment of some amount by dividing something	a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
something less than the whole of a human artifact	the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal	the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group	something left after other parts have been taken away
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)	remainder (verb)
give out	sell cheaply as remainders

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