Proportion vs. Share

Proportionnoun

(countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

Proportionnoun

(uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.

Proportionnoun

(countable) Proper or equal share.

Proportionnoun

The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.

Proportionnoun

A statement of equality between two ratios.

Proportionnoun

Size.

Proportionverb

(arts) To set or render in proportion.

Proportionnoun

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.

Proportionnoun

Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.

Proportionnoun

The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.

Proportionnoun

A part considered comparatively; a share.

Proportionnoun

The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; - called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.

Proportionnoun

The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.

Proportionverb

To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.

Proportionverb

To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.

Proportionverb

To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.

Proportionnoun

the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

Proportionnoun

magnitude or extent;

Proportionnoun

balance among the parts of something

Proportionnoun

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design);

Proportionverb

give pleasant proportions to;

Proportionverb

adjust in size relative to other things

Proportionnoun

a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole

Proportionnoun

the relationship of one thing to another in terms of quantity, size, or number; ratio

Proportionnoun

the comparative measurements or size of different parts of a whole

Proportionnoun

dimensions; size

Proportionnoun

the correct, attractive, or ideal relationship between one thing and another or between the parts of a whole

Proportionverb

adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else

Sharenoun

A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.

Sharenoun

(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

Sharenoun

(computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

Sharenoun

(internet) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.

Sharenoun

The sharebone or pubis.

Sharenoun

(agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.

Shareverb

To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.

Shareverb

To have or use in common.

Shareverb

To divide and distribute.

Shareverb

To tell to another.

Shareverb

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

Sharenoun

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

Sharenoun

The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.

Sharenoun

A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

Sharenoun

Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.

Sharenoun

Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

Sharenoun

The pubes; the sharebone.

Shareverb

To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

Shareverb

To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

Shareverb

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

Shareverb

To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

Sharenoun

any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate;

Sharenoun

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;

Sharenoun

the result of parcelling out or sharing;

Sharenoun

any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;

Sharenoun

a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

Shareverb

have in common;

Shareverb

use jointly or in common

Shareverb

have, give, or receive a share of;

Shareverb

give out as one's portion or share

Shareverb

communicate;