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Proportionate vs Suitable - What's the difference?

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Proportionate is a related term of suitable.


As adjectives the difference between proportionate and suitable

is that proportionate is in proportion; proportional; commensurable while suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

As a verb proportionate

is to make proportionate.

proportionate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
  • * John Locke
    • What is proportionate to his transgression.
  • Harmonious and symmetrical.

    • Antonyms

    * (in proportion) disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate * (harmonious and symmetrical)

    Verb

    (proportionat)
  • To make proportionate.

    • See also

    * apportion English heteronyms ----

    suitable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

    • Synonyms

    * fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)

    Antonyms

    * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * suitability

    See also

    * fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruous

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words