Difference between Proportional and Proportionate

What is the difference between Proportional and Proportionate?

Proportional as an adjective is at a constant ratio (to). two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. while Proportionate as an adjective is in proportion; proportional; commensurable.

Proportional

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. In proportion (to), proportionate. More common in US than UK.

Example sentence: In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time.

Proportionate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make proportionate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: In proportion; proportional; commensurable.harmonious and symmetrical.

We hope you now know whether to use Proportional or Proportionate in your sentence.

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