Proportionate vs Sufficient - What's the difference?
proportionate | sufficient | Related terms |
In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
* John Locke
Harmonious and symmetrical.
To make proportionate.
Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as,
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
(archaic) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
* 1668 , (Samuel Pepys), December 23 1668
self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
The smallest amount needed.
As adjectives the difference between proportionate and sufficient
is that proportionate is in proportion; proportional; commensurable while sufficient is equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as.As a verb proportionate
is to make proportionate.As a determiner sufficient is
the smallest amount needed.proportionate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What is proportionate to his transgression.
Antonyms
* (in proportion) disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate * (harmonious and symmetrical)Verb
(proportionat)See also
* apportion English heteronyms ----sufficient
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)- We have provision sufficient for the family
- This army is sufficient to defend the country.
- There is not sufficient access to the internet in the some small country villages.
- A two-week training course is sufficient to get a job in the coach-driving profession.
- ...to take the best ways we can, to make it known to the Duke of York; for, till Sir J. Minnes be removed, and a sufficient man brought into W. Pen's place, when he is gone, it is impossible for this Office ever to support itself.
Derived terms
* self-sufficient * sufficiency * sufficientlySee also
* adequate * ample * enough * plentyDeterminer
(en determiner)- Sufficient of us are against this idea that we should stop now.