Percent vs. Ratio

Percentadverb

For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

Percentnoun

A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).

Percentnoun

One part per hundred; one percent.

Percentnoun

a proportion multiplied by 100

Rationoun

A number representing a comparison between two named things.

Rationoun

(arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).

Rationoun

(legal) Short for ratio decidendi.

Rationoun

The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by

Rationoun

Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress.

Rationoun

the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

Rationoun

the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other

Ratio

In mathematics, a ratio indicates how many times one number contains another. For example, if there are eight oranges and six lemons in a bowl of fruit, then the ratio of oranges to lemons is eight to six (that is, 8∶6, which is equivalent to the ratio 4∶3).