Difference between Allocate and Apportion

What is the difference between Allocate and Apportion?

Allocate as a verb is to set aside for a purpose while Apportion as a verb is to divide and distribute portions of a whole.

Allocate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To set aside for a purpose To distribute according to a plan

Apportion

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To divide and distribute portions of a whole.Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

We hope you now know whether to use Allocate or Apportion in your sentence.

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