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Fraction vs Percent - What's the difference?

fraction | percent |

As nouns the difference between fraction and percent

is that fraction is a part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part while percent is a part or other object per hundred.

As a verb fraction

is to divide or break into fractions.

As an adjective percent is

expressed in percents; usually together with a number.

fraction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
  • *
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
  • A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.
  • (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
  • In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the .
  • A small amount.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 29, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC
    • , title= Torquay 0-1 Crawley Town , passage=After kick-off was delayed because of crowd congestion, Torquay went closest to scoring in a cagey opening 30 minutes, when Danny Stevens saw a fierce shot from the edge of the area swerve a fraction wide.}}
  • The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
  • * Foxe
    • Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "fraction")

    Derived terms

    * common fraction * complex fraction * decimal fraction * Egyptian fraction * field of fractions * fractional * improper fraction * ordinal fraction * partial fraction decomposition * partial fraction expansion * proper fraction * simple fraction * unit fraction * vulgar fraction

    Related terms

    * fractal * fractious * fracture * fragment * fragile * frail * frangible

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide or break into fractions.

    • References

    * * * ----

    percent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * per cent (mostly UK) * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A part or other object per hundred
    • A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.
  • percentage.

    • Usage notes

    * A percentage is often denoted by the character . *: 50% denotes ''50 percent . * The difference of two percentages is measured by percentage point, not by percent.

    Derived terms

    * percentage * percentwise

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Expressed in percents; usually together with a number.
    • ''I got a ten percent raise!
    ''The whisky usually contains over fifty percent alcohol by volume in the maturing casks, while the commercial brands are diluted to 40 to 45 percent.

    See also

    * per mille, permille, * per myriad, * ppm, ppb, ppt, ppq (typography marks) ----