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reapportionment vs allotment

allotment vs reapportionment

reapportionment and allotment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reapportionment Yes No No No
allotment Yes No No No
As nouns, allotment is a hypernym of reapportionment; that is, allotment is a word with a broader meaning than reapportionment:
  • reapportionment: a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
  • allotment: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Other hypernyms of reapportionment include allocation, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling.
reapportionment (noun) allotment (noun)
a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
a share set aside for a specific purpose
Difference between reapportionment and allotment

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