Disproportion vs Misproportion - What's the difference?
disproportion | misproportion |
The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.
In transitive terms the difference between disproportion and misproportion
is that disproportion is to make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch while misproportion is to give the wrong proportions to.As a noun disproportion
is the state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.disproportion
English
Noun
(en noun)- the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
- the disproportion of strength or means to an object
Verb
(en verb)- To shape my legs of an unequal size; / To disproportion me in every part. — Shakespeare.
- A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. — Prescott.
