Comparable vs Proportionate - What's the difference?
comparable | proportionate |
Able to be compared (to).
Similar (to); like.
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(grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.
Something suitable for comparison.
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In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
* John Locke
Harmonious and symmetrical.
To make proportionate.
As adjectives the difference between comparable and proportionate
is that comparable is able to be compared (to) while proportionate is in proportion; proportional; commensurable.As a noun comparable
is something suitable for comparison.As a verb proportionate is
to make proportionate.comparable
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
Noun
(en noun)citation
proportionate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What is proportionate to his transgression.