Proportionate VS Proportional

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AH020387

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Are 'proportionate' and 'proportional' alternates of eachother?
 

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They are adjectives, but proportionate can also mean
'to make proportionate' which proportional cannot, unless it's proportionalize' which may be a word ...(looks it up) Nope, isn't.
Well, you learn things every day around here.... :)
 
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