Are 'proportionate' and 'proportional' alternates of eachother?
AH020387 Junior Member Joined Nov 21, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Japanese Home Country Canada Current Location Canada May 20, 2011 #1 Are 'proportionate' and 'proportional' alternates of eachother?
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland May 20, 2011 #2 AH020387 said: Are 'proportionate' and 'proportional' alternates of each other? Click to expand... I would say they mean the same, yes.
AH020387 said: Are 'proportionate' and 'proportional' alternates of each other? Click to expand... I would say they mean the same, yes.
J JTRiff Member Joined Mar 30, 2011 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country Netherlands Current Location Canada May 20, 2011 #3 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....
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....