Prioritize vs Allocate - What's the difference?
prioritize | allocate |
(intransitive) to arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance
to rank something as having high priority
To set aside for a purpose
To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition "to"
(computing) To declare a section of the memory to be used by the program.
As verbs the difference between prioritize and allocate
is that prioritize is to arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance while allocate is to set aside for a purpose.prioritize
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Alternative forms
* prioritise (British)Verb
(prioritiz)allocate
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Verb
(allocat)- The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.