proportion vs percentage

percentage vs proportion

proportion and percentage both are nouns.

proportion is a verb but percentage is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
proportion	Yes	No	Yes	No
percentage	Yes	No	No	No

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

proportion: the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
percentage: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent

Other hyponyms of proportion include case-fatality proportion, case-to-infection proportion, case-to-infection ratio, content, rate, scale, golden mean, golden section, pct, per centum, percent, batting average.

proportion (noun)	percentage (noun)
magnitude or extent	assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)	a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
balance among the parts of something

proportion (verb)	percentage (verb)
adjust in size relative to other things
give pleasant proportions to

Difference between proportion and percentage

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