Difference between Portion and Dowry

What is the difference between Portion and Dowry?

Portion as a noun is an allocated amount. while Dowry as a noun is property or payment given by a wife or her family to a husband at the time of marriage. (in some cultures, it is the husband who pays the dowry to the wife's family.)

Portion

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An allocated amount.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.

Example sentence: The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Dowry

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Property or payment given by a wife or her family to a husband at the time of marriage. (In some cultures, it is the husband who pays the dowry to the wife's family.)

We hope you now know whether to use Portion or Dowry in your sentence.

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