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Balanced vs Proportional - What's the difference?

balanced | proportional |

As adjectives the difference between balanced and proportional

is that balanced is containing elements in appropriate proportion while proportional is at a constant ratio (to) two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first.

As a verb balanced

is (balance).

balanced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (balance)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing elements in appropriate proportion.
    • He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.

    Derived terms

    * balanced diet

    proportional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first.
    • Quotation
  • :* The stopping distance is proportional to the square of the speed of the vehicle. — "How Far Will It Skid" at physicsclassroom.com.
  • In proportion (to), proportionate. More common in US than UK.
    • Quotation
  • :* ...how much of the Bush administration's immediate post-9/11 emphasis on Iraq was appropriate and proportional to the overall picture of terrorism — retrieved 24 Jan 2005.

    • Related terms

    * directly proportional * inversely proportional