Difference between Deal and Apportion

What is the difference between Deal and Apportion?

Deal as a verb is to distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share. while Apportion as a verb is to divide and distribute portions of a whole.

Deal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made of deal.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A division, a portion, a share. An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by or ). An act of dealing or sharing. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain. An agreement between parties; an arrangement A situation, occasion, or event. A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share. To administer or give out, as in small portions. To distribute cards to the players in a game. To pitch. To have dealings or business. To take action; to act. To trade professionally (followed by in). To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. To be concerned with. To handle, to manage, to cope.

Example sentence: Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

Apportion

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To divide and distribute portions of a whole.Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

We hope you now know whether to use Deal or Apportion in your sentence.

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