Gobbet vs Portion - What's the difference?
gobbet | portion | Related terms |
a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch
a lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat
* (rfdate) Wyclif
an extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination.
To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter.
To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
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* An allocated amount.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
One's fate; lot.
* Bible, Luke xii. 46
* Keble
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
* Bible, Luke xv. 12
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
* 1613 , , V. iv. 31:
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
In transitive terms the difference between gobbet and portion
is that gobbet is to swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets while portion is to endow with a portion or inheritance.gobbet
English
Noun
(wikipedia gobbet) (en noun)- [He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets .
Verb
(en verb)References
Cardiff University*
Glasgow University
portion
English
Noun
(en noun)- The lord of that servant will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
- Man's portion is to die and rise again.
- Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
- Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
Usage notes
Relatively formal, compared to the more informal part or more concrete and casual piece. For example, “part of the money” (both informal) but “portion of the proceeds” (both formal).Synonyms
* part * pieceDerived terms
* portionless * proportionVerb
(en verb)- Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. — Alexander Pope.