proportion vs placement

placement vs proportion

proportion and placement both are nouns.

proportion is a verb but placement is not a verb.

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

As nouns, placement is a hypernym of proportion; that is, placement is a word with a broader meaning than proportion:

proportion: harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
placement: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

Other hypernyms of proportion include arrangement.

proportion (noun)	placement (noun)
magnitude or extent	the act of putting something in a certain place
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)	contact established between applicants and prospective employees
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole	the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
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)	placement (verb)
adjust in size relative to other things
give pleasant proportions to

Difference between proportion and placement

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